IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD RANKING FOR PLAYERS WITH MOST GAMES

• Apr 3, 2022
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Picture : the 4 active players with more than 1000 games.

IFFHS All-Time World Ranking for Players with Most Games

We publish for the first time the world ranking for players who amassed most top-level games in the whole history of football.
Yasuhito Endō (Japan) has played his 1000th top-level game on April 2 to become 18th member of the symbolic “Club 1000+” and 4th active of them (alongside with Cristiano Ronaldo, Buffon and Dani Alves).
Rogério Ceni is a record holder in this category: 1214 games.

	PLAYERS WITH MOST	GAMES
	Player	Country	Period	Games				Total
				NL	NC	ICC	NT+
1	Rogério Ceni	Brazil	1992-2015	873	138	186	17	1214
2	Peter Shilton	England	1966-1997	848	204	29	125	1206
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2002-	636	93	199	186	1114
4	Javier Zanetti	Argentina	1992-2014	717	78	162	143	1100
5	Roberto Carlos	Brazil	1991-2015	717	76	172	125	1090
6	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	1995-	675	51	167	176	1069
7	Ray Clemence	England	1965-1988	712	187	107	63	1069
8	Iker Casillas	Spain	1999-2019	626	62	193	167	1048
9	Pat Jennings	Northern Ireland	1963-1986	709	159	55	119	1042
10	Glenn Ferguson	Northern Ireland	1987-2011	646	364	26	5	1041
11	Raúl	Spain	1994-2015	685	77	170	102	1034
12	Paolo Maldini	Italy	1985-2009	648	79	175	126	1028
13	Ryan Giggs	Wales	1990-2014	672	129	162	64	1027
14	Xavi	Spain	1998-2019	587	102	195	133	1017
15	Noel Bailie	Northern Ireland	1989-2011	577	398	36		1011
16	Frank Lampard	England	1995-2016	640	130	134	106	1010
17	Dani Alves	Brazil	2001-	596	115	172	123	1006
18	Yasuhito Endō	Japan	1998-	650	132	66	152	1000

Abbreviatures:
NL = National Leagues 
NC = National Cups 
ICC = International Club Competitions
NT+ = National Team + other relevant selections (Inter-League games for Clemence).