2026 FBref World Cup In Review

Taking a look back at the most viewed player and team pages on FBref during the World Cup

Most Viewed Player Pages

The most-viewed soccer player pages by state/province/city
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Most Viewed Team Pages

The most-viewed soccer club pages by state/province/city
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5_4_Team_Africa_MiddleEast-1
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Most Viewed Team & Player Pages Across All Sports

The most-viewed players and teams across all of our Reference sites!
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5_4 USA (cross sport)
5_4 Canada (cross sport))
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First Team All-Page Views

The most-viewed player pages at each position make up a pretty formidable squad 💪
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Vozinha GK

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Sergiño Dest RB

Virgil van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk CB

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Tim Ream CB

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Alphonso Davies LB

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Luka Modrić MF

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Weston McKennie
MF

Jude Bellingham

Jude Bellingham
MF

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo
ST

Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappé
LW

Lionel Messi-1

Lionel Messi
RW

Most Viewed Player Page on a Single Day

No surprise that Messi's record-breaking day set the pace on FBref as well. 👀
1.
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Lionel Messi | June 22, 2026
Messi breaks the all-time World Cup scoring record with his 17th career goal

2.
Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo | July 6, 2026
Ronaldo plays his final World Cup match

3.
Erling Haaland

Erling Haaland | July 5, 2026
Haaland scores as Norway pulls off the upset against Brazil

National Team Page Views Leaders

The World Cup champions were also the most visited team on FBref!
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Top 10 Player Page Views

It was a star-studded World Cup! Here were the stars that shined the brightest on our site 🥇
1.
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Lionel Messi
2.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
3.
Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappé
4.
Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland
5.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović
6.
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Neymar
7.
Harry Kane
Harry Kane
8.
Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal
9.
Christian Pulisic
Christian Pulisic
10.
Jude Bellingham
Jude Bellingham

Top Player Page Views By Month

Ronaldo’s stats need to be seen to be believed—that’s why he had the most-viewed player page in six out of the last 12 months!
Aug. 2024
Martín Zubimendi
Martín Zubimendi
Sept. 2024
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Oct. 2024
Lionel Messi-1
Lionel Messi
Nov. 2024
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Dec. 2024
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah
Jan. 2025
Patrick Dorgu
Patrick Dorgu
Feb. 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Mar. 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
Apr. 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
May. 2025
Lamine Yamal
Lamine Yamal
June 2025
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo
July 2025
Noni Madueke
Noni Madueke

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You spent more than two full years’ worth of minutes using FBref’s comparison tool over the last 12 months!

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