List of all players with 150+ appearances in international football

Published at :March 26, 2024 at 6:21 PM

Modified at :March 26, 2024 at 6:21 PM

Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to reach 200 appearances for the national team

With 195 caps, Malaysia’s Soh Chin Ann held the mark before Bader Al-Mutawa. Even though Soh Chin Ann played his last game for Malaysia in 1984, FIFA did not ratify this until August 2021. Soh Chin Ann has represented Malaysia in 219 matches overall.

FIFA does not recognise matches that are part of the Olympic Games or that are not classified as “A” matches, which accounts for the disparity. Football statisticians RSSSF and IFFHS acknowledge all 219 of Soh Chin Ann’s appearances, and both identify Soh Chin Ann as the record bearer for the most international appearances.

As the only male football player with 200 FIFA-recognized appearances, Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for the most men’s international appearances. He became his country’s most-capped player and the first athlete to clock in at 200 international games in March 2021.

The India national football team captain Sunil Chhetri will be the latest player to make it into this elite list. His side will play against Afghanistan in the AFC 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

Billy Wright of England became the first men’s football player to appear in 100 official international games in 1959; however, FIFA and The Football Association disagree over which game counts as the 100th. While the Football Association recognises the encounter against Scotland in April 1959 as the 100th cap, FIFA recognises the match against Italy in May 1959 as the legitimate 100th cap.

FIFA’s failure to acknowledge the May 1953 encounter versus Argentina as a legitimate match is the cause of this. Billy Wright would end up with 105 caps for his country.

The current international break has seen many standout performances from important players from different countries, which frequently prompts club football supporters to sigh in frustration and wonder, “Why can’t he play like that for us?”

That’s just the manner in which the game works sometimes; a player feels a connection to the national team and is motivated to play well. These players took their chances at the international level and didn’t give up easily, whether it was because they were having a good run of style, were fortunate enough to be replaced due to injury to others, or were just the only players available.

Players with 150+ appearances for their country

Cristiano Ronaldo 205
⁠Bader Al-Mutawa 196
⁠Soh Chin Ann 195
Ahmed Hassan 184
⁠Hassan Al-Haydos 183
⁠Ahmed Mubarak 183
⁠Lionel Messi 180
⁠Sergio Ramos 180
⁠Andrés Guardado 179
⁠Hossam Hassan 177
⁠Claudio Suárez 177
⁠Gianluigi Buffon 176
⁠Meynor Figueroa 175
⁠Mohamed Al-Deayea 173
⁠Luka Modrić 173
⁠Amer Shafi 173
⁠Iván Hurtado 168
⁠Iker Casillas 167
Vitālijs Astafjevs 166
⁠Cobi Jones 164
⁠Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi 163
⁠Shukor Salleh 163
S⁠ayed Mohammed Jaffer 162
⁠Diego Godin 161
⁠Mohamed Husain 161
⁠Gary Medel 161
⁠Alexis Sánchez 161
⁠Adnan Al-Talyani 161
⁠Salman Isa 160
⁠Celso Borges 159
⁠Essam El-Hadary 159
Martin Reim 157
⁠Sami Al-Jaber 156
⁠Konstantin Vassiljev 156
⁠Landon Donovan 155
⁠Jan Vertonghen 153
⁠Yasuhito Endō 152
⁠Fawzi Bashir 151
⁠Michael Bradley 150
⁠Lothar Matthäus 150
⁠Guillermo Ochoa 150
⁠Sunil Chhetri 150

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