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Caps per season: all 198 players ranked

Appearances divided by the seasons between a first and last cap: how relentlessly a player was picked while they were in the squad, rather than how long they lasted. Fixture calendars grew over the decades, so the leaders here are almost all modern.

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Kylian MbappéLeader

10.60Leading value

7.50Sample median

198Players ranked

Top 50

#1 Kylian Mbappé 10.60

#2 Sergio Ramos 10.59

#3 Antoine Griezmann 10.54

#4 Philipp Lahm 10.27

#5 Sergio Busquets 10.21

#6 Gerard Piqué 10.20

#7 Harry Kane 10.08

#7 Andrés Iniesta 10.08

#9 Cesc Fàbregas 10.00

#10 Ivan Perišić 9.88

#11 Iker Casillas 9.82

#12 Miroslav Klose 9.79

#12 Olivier Giroud 9.79

#14 Fabio Cannavaro 9.71

#14 Cristiano Ronaldo 9.71

#16 Hugo Lloris 9.67

#17 David Silva 9.62

#18 Xabi Alonso 9.50

#19 Lilian Thuram 9.47

#20 Luka Modrić 9.43

#21 Anderson Deco 9.38

#22 Nani da Cunha 9.33

#23 Bastian Schweinsteiger 9.31

#24 Lukas Podolski 9.29

#25 Achraf Hakimi 9.27

#25 Raúl González 9.27

#27 Riyad Mahrez 9.23

#28 Mesut Özil 9.20

#29 Fernando Torres 9.17

#30 Paul Pogba 9.10

#31 Edinson Cavani 9.07

#32 Lionel Messi 9.05

#33 Franck Ribéry 9.00

#33 Jürgen Klinsmann 9.00

#35 Diego Godín 8.94

#36 Keisuke Honda 8.91

#37 Gary Lineker 8.89

#38 Xavi Hernández 8.87

#39 Javier Mascherano 8.81

#40 Sadio Mané 8.80

#41 Robert Lewandowski 8.79

#41 Thierry Henry 8.79

#43 Thomas Müller 8.73

#44 Edwin van der Sar 8.67

#45 Son Heung-min 8.65

#46 Diego Forlán 8.62

#47 Didier Deschamps 8.58

#48 Ángel Di María 8.53

#49 Yaya Touré 8.50

#50 Raphaël Varane 8.45

Every ranking here is drawn from the same sample: DailyFoot's 199 most recognizable footballers, using the caps, goals, career years and honours in the game's own data. 198 of them qualify for this category.

Caps per season: all 198 players ranked

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