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International career length: all 199 players ranked

Seasons from first cap to last, inclusive. Longevity at the top level, independent of how many matches it produced.

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Cristiano RonaldoLeader

24Leading value

13Sample median

199Players ranked

Top 50

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo 24

#2 Zlatan Ibrahimović 23

#3 Gianluigi Buffon 22

#3 Lionel Messi 22

#5 Alexis Sánchez 21

#5 Lothar Matthäus 21

#5 Luka Modrić 21

#8 Emmanuel Adebayor 20

#9 Arturo Vidal 19

#9 Giorgio Chiellini 19

#9 Robert Lewandowski 19

#9 Romário Faria 19

#13 Andriy Shevchenko 18

#13 Diego Godín 18

#13 Diego Maradona 18

#13 George Weah 18

#13 Javier Zanetti 18

#13 Keylor Navas 18

#13 Luis Suárez 18

#13 Manuel Neuer 18

#13 Pepe Ferreira 18

#13 Pierre Cardin picha grande 18

#13 Ronaldo de Lima 18

#13 Samuel Eto'o 18

#25 Aaron Ramsey 17

#25 Ángel Di María 17

#25 Daniel Alves 17

#25 Gareth Bale 17

#25 Iker Casillas 17

#25 Jordan Henderson 17

#25 Kevin De Bruyne 17

#25 Lev Yashin 17

#25 Michael Laudrup 17

#25 Neymar Santos 17

#25 Roberto Baggio 17

#25 Romelu Lukaku 17

#25 Ryan Giggs 17

#25 Sergio Ramos 17

#25 Son Heung-min 17

#40 Carlos Casemiro 16

#40 Frank Lampard 16

#40 Ivan Perišić 16

#40 James Rodríguez 16

#40 Javier Mascherano 16

#40 Karim Benzema 16

#40 Luís Figo 16

#40 Mohamed Salah 16

#40 Sergio Agüero 16

#40 Thibaut Courtois 16

#40 Wayne Rooney 16

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.

International career length: all 199 players ranked

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