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Age at final cap: all 199 players ranked

Age in the year of a last senior cap. Measured in whole years, so a player capped either side of a birthday can sit a year either way.

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Zlatan IbrahimovićLeader

42Leading value

33Sample median

199Players ranked

Top 50

#1 Zlatan Ibrahimović 42

#2 Cristiano Ronaldo 41

#2 Lev Yashin 41

#2 Luka Modrić 41

#2 Pepe Ferreira 41

#6 Gianluigi Buffon 40

#6 Manuel Neuer 40

#8 Daniel Alves 39

#8 Keylor Navas 39

#8 Lionel Messi 39

#8 Lothar Matthäus 39

#8 Romário Faria 39

#13 Alexis Sánchez 38

#13 Arturo Vidal 38

#13 Edwin van der Sar 38

#13 Giorgio Chiellini 38

#13 Javier Zanetti 38

#13 Olivier Giroud 38

#13 Robert Lewandowski 38

#13 Thiago Silva 38

#21 Fabio Cannavaro 37

#21 George Weah 37

#21 Ivan Perišić 37

#21 Leonardo Bonucci 37

#21 Luis Suárez 37

#21 Oliver Kahn 37

#21 Pierre Cardin picha grande 37

#21 Roberto Baggio 37

#29 Andrea Pirlo 36

#29 Andriy Shevchenko 36

#29 Ángel Di María 36

#29 David Villa 36

#29 Didier Drogba 36

#29 Diego Godín 36

#29 Frank Lampard 36

#29 Hugo Lloris 36

#29 Jordan Henderson 36

#29 Lilian Thuram 36

#29 Miroslav Klose 36

#29 Pepe Reina 36

#41 Alfredo Di Stéfano 35

#41 Antoine Griezmann 35

#41 Carles Puyol 35

#41 Diego Forlán 35

#41 Dunga Verri 35

#41 Edinson Cavani 35

#41 Emmanuel Adebayor 35

#41 Iker Casillas 35

#41 James Rodríguez 35

#41 Karim Benzema 35

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. 199 of them qualify for this category.

Age at final cap: all 199 players ranked

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