The updated ranking of the most experienced players in the current century has been published by IFFHS.
Idman.biz reports that Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player of XXI century to hold 1200 top level games in 2023, he currently leads the ranking with 1204 games.
Four players have reached 1000 games.
21 players in total have played 900+ games; 17 of them active (highlighted in bold).
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Player |
Country |
DL |
DC |
ICC |
NT |
Total |
Total |
Total |
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Career |
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1 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal |
685 |
98 |
216 |
205 |
1204 |
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1204 |
2 |
Fábio |
Brazil |
930 |
109 |
117 |
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1156 |
46 |
1202 |
3 |
Dani Alves |
Brazil |
626 |
132 |
172 |
126 |
1056 |
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1056 |
4 |
Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
584 |
104 |
179 |
180 |
1047 |
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1047 |
5 |
Luka Modrić |
Croatia |
603 |
75 |
160 |
172 |
1010 |
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1010 |
6 |
João Moutinho |
Portugal |
591 |
114 |
146 |
146 |
997 |
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997 |
7 |
Iker Casillas |
Spain |
585 |
57 |
171 |
161 |
974 |
74 |
1048 |
8 |
Sergio Ramos |
Spain |
562 |
74 |
158 |
180 |
974 |
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974 |
9 |
Zlatan Ibrahimović |
Sweden |
607 |
72 |
152 |
122 |
953 |
9 |
962 |
10 |
Andrés Iniesta |
Spain |
564 |
102 |
152 |
131 |
949 |
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949 |
11 |
Yasuhito Endō |
Japan |
606 |
120 |
66 |
152 |
944 |
84 |
1028 |
12 |
Edin Džeko |
Bosnia and H |
603 |
71 |
133 |
133 |
940 |
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940 |
13 |
Luis Suárez |
Uruguay |
605 |
76 |
119 |
138 |
938 |
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938 |
14 |
Xavi |
Spain |
536 |
95 |
174 |
132 |
937 |
80 |
1017 |
15 |
James Milner |
England |
631 |
101 |
136 |
61 |
929 |
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929 |
16 |
Pepe Reina |
Spain |
647 |
51 |
192 |
36 |
926 |
6 |
932 |
17 |
Ivan Rakitić |
Croatia |
567 |
96 |
151 |
106 |
920 |
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920 |
18 |
Alexis Sánchez |
Chile |
560 |
78 |
122 |
160 |
920 |
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920 |
19 |
Karim Benzema |
France |
566 |
80 |
174 |
97 |
917 |
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917 |
20 |
Rogério Ceni |
Brazil |
675 |
72 |
149 |
9 |
905 |
308 |
1213 |
21 |
Jesús Navas |
Spain |
607 |
100 |
147 |
50 |
904 |
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904 |
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Gianluigi Buffon |
Italy |
528 |
37 |
133 |
160 |
858 |
212 |
1070 |
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Javier Zanetti |
Argentina |
449 |
50 |
128 |
90 |
717 |
350 |
1067 |
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Raúl |
Spain |
454 |
57 |
115 |
62 |
688 |
346 |
1034 |
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Frank Lampard |
England |
507 |
105 |
124 |
105 |
841 |
168 |
1009 |
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Timmy Simons |
Belgium |
571 |
64 |
116 |
94 |
845 |
99 |
944 |
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Oswaldo Sánchez |
Mexico |
512 |
13 |
57 |
88 |
670 |
269 |
939 |
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Zé Roberto |
Brazil |
492 |
57 |
121 |
38 |
708 |
228 |
936 |
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Roque Santa Cruz |
Paraguay |
572 |
50 |
96 |
95 |
813 |
119 |
932 |
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Thierry Henry |
France |
422 |
39 |
96 |
98 |
655 |
262 |
917 |
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Petr Čech |
Czech Republic |
552 |
75 |
138 |
124 |
889 |
20 |
909 |
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Dirk Kuyt |
Netherlands |
553 |
60 |
99 |
104 |
816 |
87 |
903 |
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