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Age at international debut: all 199 players ranked

Age in the year of a first senior cap. The small numbers are the prodigies, and they are the story here rather than a weakness.

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Emmanuel AdebayorLeader

16Leading value

21Sample median

199Players ranked

Top 50

#1 Emmanuel Adebayor 16

#1 Lamine Yamal 16

#1 Samuel Eto'o 16

#4 Diego Maradona 17

#4 Eden Hazard 17

#4 Gareth Bale 17

#4 Jude Bellingham 17

#4 Pelé do Nascimento 17

#4 Romelu Lukaku 17

#10 Aaron Ramsey 18

#10 Achraf Hakimi 18

#10 Alexis Sánchez 18

#10 Cristiano Ronaldo 18

#10 Ferenc Puskás 18

#10 George Best 18

#10 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 18

#10 Lionel Messi 18

#10 Marcelo Vieira 18

#10 Mario Götze 18

#10 Michael Laudrup 18

#10 Neymar Santos 18

#10 Philippe Coutinho 18

#10 Raheem Sterling 18

#10 Ronaldo de Lima 18

#10 Ryan Giggs 18

#10 Sergio Agüero 18

#10 Son Heung-min 18

#10 Wayne Rooney 18

#29 Andriy Shevchenko 19

#29 Arda Turan 19

#29 Arjen Robben 19

#29 Carlos Casemiro 19

#29 Cesc Fàbregas 19

#29 Diego Godín 19

#29 Erling Haaland 19

#29 Eusébio Ferreira 19

#29 Fernando Torres 19

#29 Frank Rijkaard 19

#29 Gianluigi Buffon 19

#29 Iker Casillas 19

#29 Ivan Rakitić 19

#29 Javier Mascherano 19

#29 Johan Cruyff 19

#29 Kevin De Bruyne 19

#29 Kylian Mbappé 19

#29 Lothar Matthäus 19

#29 Luís Figo 19

#29 Lukas Podolski 19

#29 Marco van Basten 19

#29 Marcus Rashford 19

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 international debut: all 199 players ranked

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