Most Capped Players of All Time
The most capped players in the history of international football, ranked by total senior appearances for their country. Long careers and a crowded fixture calendar push these totals high — the heavy darts in a caps round of 501FC.
Most Capped Players of All Time
| Pos | Player | Caps |
|---|---|---|
Portugal | 234 | |
| 2 | Argentina | 208 |
| 3 | Croatia | 206 |
| 4 | Mexico | 182 |
| 5 | Honduras | 181 |
| 6 | Spain | 180 |
| 7 | Italy | 176 |
| 8 | Poland | 170 |
| 9 | Chile | 168 |
| 10 | Spain | 167 |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 166 |
| 12 | United States | 163 |
| 13 | Croatia | 162 |
| 14 | Egypt | 162 |
| 15 | Uruguay | 161 |
| 16 | Chile | 161 |
| 17 | Iran | 160 |
| 18 | Belgium | 157 |
| 19 | United States | 157 |
| 20 | Mexico | 154 |
| 21 | Ecuador | 154 |
| 22 | Iran | 153 |
| 23 | Korea, South | 152 |
| 24 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 152 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 152 |
| 26 | Denmark | 151 |
| 27 | United States | 151 |
| 28 | Chile | 150 |
| 29 | Germany | 150 |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 150 |
| 31 | Mexico | 148 |
| 32 | Panama | 148 |
| 33 | Switzerland | 148 |
| 34 | Argentina | 147 |
| 35 | Mexico | 147 |
| 36 | Chile | 147 |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 147 |
| 38 | Iran | 147 |
| 39 | Sweden | 147 |
| 40 | Mexico | 147 |
| 41 | Ireland | 146 |
| 42 | Portugal | 146 |
| 43 | Paraguay | 146 |
| 44 | India | 146 |
| 45 | Japan | 146 |
| 46 | Argentina | 145 |
| 47 | France | 145 |
| 48 | Chile | 144 |
| 49 | Argentina | 144 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 144 |
About this leaderboard
A cap is only awarded for a senior international appearance, so this board measures something no league table does: being selected by your country, repeatedly, across a decade or more. Totals favour players from confederations that schedule heavily — a nation playing continental qualifiers, a regional cup and friendlies in the same year offers far more opportunities than one that does not.
For play these are mid-to-large numbers: high enough to score with early in a leg, but rarely large enough to be capped at 180 the way top-flight appearance tallies are. That band is the useful one, and it is why the caps board rewards study more than the international goals board does — the leaders here are much less widely known.
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501FC turns these stats into a daily football darts puzzle. Start on 501, name footballers, and subtract their career numbers to check out to zero.
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