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PROJECTED · 159 PL PLAYERS · 15 CLUBS · 15 NATIONS
PRE-TOURNAMENT · MODELTOP 30 SCORERS+ CLUBS + NATIONS

Tournament leaderboards

Pre-tournament projections for the top World Cup 2026 contributors, by our model. Ranked by projected points per 90 — a heuristic that combines position, club quality, marquee-status and squad confirmation status.

Once matches start playing, this page flips to live football-data.org tournament stats. Same shape, real numbers. Bookmark it.

LIVE GOAL SCORERS · TOURNAMENT TOTAL
UPDATED EVERY 15S

Kylian Mbappé (France) leads the Golden Boot race

Live tournament goal & assist tally aggregated from every completed match. Contribution score = goals + 0.5 × assists. Refreshes the moment a goal lands.

#1
Kylian Mbappé
France
GOALS6
ASSIST2
SCORE7.0
#3
Erling Haaland
Norway
GOALS5
ASSIST0
SCORE5.0
#4
Harry Kane
England
GOALS5
ASSIST0
SCORE5.0
#5
Ousmane Dembélé
France
GOALS4
ASSIST2
SCORE5.0
#6
Ismaïla Sarr
Senegal
GOALS4
ASSIST0
SCORE4.0
#7
Mikel Oyarzabal
Spain
GOALS4
ASSIST0
SCORE4.0
#8
Vinícius Júnior
Brazil
GOALS4
ASSIST0
SCORE4.0
#10
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
GOALS3
ASSIST0
SCORE3.0
#11
Ismael Saibari
Morocco
GOALS3
ASSIST0
SCORE3.0
#12
Jonathan David
Canada
GOALS3
ASSIST0
SCORE3.0

Live data: football-data.org · cached server-side with 15s TTL. Rows refresh on page reload.

TOP 30 PROJECTED CONTRIBUTORS

The PL players the model rates highest

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#PLAYERNATIONPL CLUBxP/90
1
Antoine Semenyo
GhanaMan City6.9
2
Erling Haaland
NorwayMan City6.9
3
Bernardo Silva
PortugalMan City6.4
4
Bruno Fernandes
PortugalMan Utd6.4
5
Bukayo Saka
EnglandArsenal6.4
6
Florian Wirtz
GermanyLiverpool6.4
7
Kai Havertz
GermanyArsenal6.4
8
Mohamed Salah
EgyptLiverpool6.4
9
Pedro Neto
PortugalChelsea6.4
10
Nicolas Jackson
SenegalChelsea6.1
11
Abdukodir Khusanov
UzbekistanMan City5.6
12
Alexander Isak
SwedenLiverpool5.6
13
Alexis Mac Allister
ArgentinaLiverpool5.6
14
Alisson Becker
BrazilLiverpool5.6
15
Altay Bayındır
TürkiyeMan Utd5.6
16
Amad Diallo
Ivory CoastMan Utd5.6
17
Andrew Robertson
ScotlandLiverpool5.6
18
Casemiro
BrazilMan Utd5.6
19
Cody Gakpo
NetherlandsLiverpool5.6
20
Cristian Romero
ArgentinaSpurs5.6
21
David Raya
SpainArsenal5.6
22
Declan Rice
EnglandArsenal5.6
23
Diogo Dalot
PortugalMan Utd5.6
24
Djed Spence
EnglandSpurs5.6
25
Eberechi Eze
EnglandArsenal5.6
26
Enzo Fernández
ArgentinaChelsea5.6
27
Gabriel Magalhães
BrazilArsenal5.6
28
Gabriel Martinelli
BrazilArsenal5.6
29
Ibrahima Konaté
FranceLiverpool5.6
30
James Trafford
EnglandMan City5.6

xP/90 = projected points per 90 minutes by the Onside model. Combines position, club quality, marquee status and squad confirmation. PROVISIONAL = player flagged as expected call-up rather than formally announced.

PL CLUBS · BY WC FOOTPRINT

Premier League clubs with the most players at the WC

NATIONS · BY PL FOOTPRINT

Nations fielding the most Premier League players

#1England
21
#2Netherlands
17
#3Brazil
8
#4Senegal
8
#5Belgium
7
#6Spain
7
#7France
7
#8Norway
7
#9Portugal
7
#10Sweden
6
#11Switzerland
5
#12Scotland
5
#13Germany
5
#14Argentina
5
#15Morocco
4
WHAT FLIPS WHEN MATCHES PLAY

Once group matches begin, the top-scorer table swaps from model projections (xP/90) to live tournament goals + assists from football-data.org. The PROVISIONAL badges drop off after each nation's final 26-man squad is formally confirmed.

Model methodology →
LEADERBOARDS · FAQ

Common questions about WC 2026 leaderboards

Who is projected to be the World Cup 2026 top scorer?›

Pre-tournament, our model favours premium attackers from elite nations as projected top scorers: Kylian Mbappé (France), Erling Haaland (Norway), Harry Kane (England), Lautaro Martínez (Argentina), Vinícius Júnior (Brazil), and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal). Once group-stage matches play, the board flips to live tournament data from football-data.org with actual goals and assists.

How is the projected points-per-90 (xP/90) calculated?›

xP/90 is our heuristic forecast for fantasy points per 90 minutes. Inputs: player position (FWD highest baseline, GK lowest), club tier (top-six PL clubs and elite European clubs add 0.6), marquee-name boost for proven elite scorers (+0.8), and a small expected-squad haircut (-0.3) for players whose call-up is inferred but not confirmed. The output gives a fair pre-tournament ranking — once matches play, projections will weight by actual minutes and goal involvement.

Which Premier League club has the most World Cup 2026 players?›

Manchester City and Arsenal typically top the club leaderboard, each contributing players across 8-10 different nations. Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham follow. The exact ranking refreshes as final 26-man squads are confirmed by each federation.

Why are nations like England, Netherlands and Spain so high on the PL footprint board?›

These are the European nations whose players predominantly play in the Premier League. England leads with 22 PL players, Netherlands carries 15, then Belgium and Senegal at 8 each. Nations from non-European confederations typically have fewer PL representatives, which is why the board is UEFA-heavy.

Where can I see live World Cup 2026 goal-scorers during the tournament?›

This leaderboards page swaps from model projections to live tournament data as soon as matches play — top scorers, top assists, minutes and disciplinary stats. We pull from football-data.org with hourly refresh. Bookmark this page for daily tournament updates.

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