World Cup Most Big Chances Created 2026

World Cup Most Big Chances Created Questions

Which World Cup player created the most big chances in 2026?

Lionel Messi of Argentina created the most big chances in the World Cup in 2026, with 9 from eight appearances, an average of 1.1 a game. Michael Olise was next on 7. Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann were level on 7 in 2022.

Which World Cup defender created the most big chances in 2026?

João Cancelo, Marc Cucurella and Nuno Mendes were level on 3 big chances, the most by any defender in the World Cup in 2026. Fifteen defenders were next on 2.

World Cup Most Big Chances Created

Rank	Player	Team	Big Chances Created
1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	9
2	Michael Olise	France	7
3	Joshua Kimmich	Germany	4
4	Ousmane Dembélé	France	4
5	Breel Embolo	Switzerland	4
6	Roberto Alvarado	Mexico	4
7	Brahim Díaz	Morocco	4
8	Bukayo Saka	England	4
9	Yan Diomande	Ivory Coast	4
10	Marcus Rashford	England	3
11	Declan Rice	England	3
12	Alexander Isak	Sweden	3
13	Leandro Trossard	Belgium	3
14	Dani Olmo	Spain	3
15	Juan Fernando Quintero	Colombia	3
16	Patrick Berg	Norway	3
17	João Cancelo	Portugal	3
18	Lucas Paquetá	Brazil	3
19	Lautaro Martínez	Argentina	3
20	Stephen Eustaquio	Canada	3
21	Marc Cucurella	Spain	3
22	Bruno Guimarães	Brazil	3
23	Nicolas Raskin	Belgium	3
24	Morgan Rogers	England	3
25	Azzedine Ounahi	Morocco	3
26	Noni Madueke	England	3
27	Julio Enciso	Paraguay	3
28	Jude Bellingham	England	3
29	Moisés Caicedo	Ecuador	3
30	Nuno Mendes	Portugal	3
31	Florian Wirtz	Germany	3
32	Mostafa Mohamed Zaki Abdelraouf	Egypt	3
33	Johan Manzambi	Switzerland	3
34	Chris Wood	New Zealand	2
35	Sadio Mané	Senegal	2
36	Arthur Masuaku	DR Congo	2
37	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	2
38	Denzel Dumfries	Netherlands	2
39	Martin Ødegaard	Norway	2
40	Ricardo Rodríguez	Switzerland	2
41	Christian Pulisic	USA	2
42	Dayot Upamecano	France	2
43	Deniz Undav	Germany	2
44	Timothy Castagne	Belgium	2
45	Vladimír Coufal	Czech Republic	2
46	Adrien Rabiot	France	2
47	Kylian Mbappé	France	2
48	Houssem Aouar	Algeria	2
49	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	2
50	Rodrigo De Paul	Argentina	2
51	Fredrik Aursnes	Norway	2
52	Achraf Hakimi	Morocco	2
53	Nicolás Tagliafico	Argentina	2
54	Viktor Gyökeres	Sweden	2
55	Luis Díaz	Colombia	2
56	Jorge Sánchez	Mexico	2
57	Jules Koundé	France	2
58	Krépin Diatta	Senegal	2
59	Ahmed Fatouh	Egypt	2
60	Daniel Muñoz	Colombia	2
61	Vinicius Junior	Brazil	2
62	Luis Romo	Mexico	2
63	John Yeboah	Ecuador	2
64	Felix Nmecha	Germany	2
65	Anthony Gordon	England	2
66	Kang-in Lee	South Korea	2
67	Alistair Johnston	Canada	2
68	Pedri	Spain	2
69	Nico Williams	Spain	2
70	Ismael Saibari	Morocco	2
71	Francisco Conceição	Portugal	2
72	Marko Stamenić	New Zealand	2
73	Sebastian Berhalter	USA	2
74	Nathaniel Brown	Germany	2
75	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	Canada	2
76	Andreas Schjelderup	Norway	2
77	Rafik Belghali	Algeria	2
78	Gustavo Puerta	Colombia	2
79	Kevin Rodríguez	Ecuador	2
80	Lamine Yamal	Spain	2
81	Rayan	Brazil	2
82	Luka Modrić	Croatia	1
83	Harry Kane	England	1
84	Idrissa Gueye	Senegal	1
85	Andrew Robertson	Scotland	1
86	Virgil van Dijk	Netherlands	1
87	Granit Xhaka	Switzerland	1
88	Eberechi Eze	England	1
89	Ollie Watkins	England	1
90	Santiago Arias	Colombia	1
91	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Iran	1
92	Alexander Sørloth	Norway	1
93	Ferdi Kadıoğlu	Turkey	1
94	Cody Gakpo	Netherlands	1
95	Ivan Perišić	Croatia	1
96	David Alaba	Austria	1
97	Sead Kolasinac	Bosnia	1
98	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	Turkey	1
99	Jonathan Tah	Germany	1
100	Michael Gregoritsch	Austria	1
101	Marcel Sabitzer	Austria	1
102	Nadiem Amiri	Germany	1
103	Douglas Santos	Brazil	1
104	Mikel Merino	Spain	1
105	Stefan Posch	Austria	1
106	Ehsan Hajsafi	Iran	1
107	Thomas Meunier	Belgium	1
108	Hans Vanaken	Belgium	1
109	Youri Tielemans	Belgium	1
110	Karim Hafez Ramadan Seif El Din	Egypt	1
111	Edmílson Junior	Qatar	1
112	Akram Afif	Qatar	1
113	Ladislav Krejci	Czech Republic	1
114	James Rodríguez	Colombia	1
115	Nicolas Pépé	Ivory Coast	1
116	Ibrahim Sangaré	Ivory Coast	1
117	Gabriel Magalhães	Brazil	1
118	Moussa Niakhaté	Senegal	1
119	Nuno Da Costa	Cape Verde	1
120	Jean-Kévin Duverne	Haiti	1
121	Kristoffer Ajer	Norway	1
122	Julian Ryerson	Norway	1
123	Abdoulaye Seck	Senegal	1
124	Erling Haaland	Norway	1
125	Danilo	Brazil	1
126	Casemiro	Brazil	1
127	Merih Demiral	Turkey	1
128	Lawrence Shankland	Scotland	1
129	Anthony Ralston	Scotland	1
130	Aymeric Laporte	Spain	1
131	Fabián Ruiz	Spain	1
132	Mikel Oyarzabal	Spain	1
133	Denis Zakaria	Switzerland	1
134	Nico González	Argentina	1
135	Alexis Mac Allister	Argentina	1
136	Cucho Hernández	Colombia	1
137	Luis Suárez	Colombia	1
138	Julián Quiñones	Mexico	1
139	Federico Valverde	Uruguay	1
140	Mathías Olivera	Uruguay	1
141	Richie Laryea	Canada	1
142	Tim Payne	New Zealand	1
143	Mohamed Hany	Egypt	1
144	Ramin Rezaeian	Iran	1
145	Sultan Al-Brake	Qatar	1
146	Daichi Kamada	Japan	1
147	Ritsu Doan	Japan	1
148	Jae-sung Lee	South Korea	1
149	In-beom Hwang	South Korea	1
150	Elliot Anderson	England	1
151	Ferran Torres	Spain	1
152	Mahmoud Al-Mardi	Jordan	1
153	Romano Schmid	Austria	1
154	Ehsan Haddad	Jordan	1
155	Pedro Neto	Portugal	1
156	Orlando Mosquera	Panama	1
157	Amir Murillo	Panama	1
158	Donyell Malen	Netherlands	1
159	Rafael Leão	Portugal	1
160	Yan Valery	Tunisia	1
161	Reece James	England	1
162	Derek Cornelius	Canada	1
163	Jhon Arias	Colombia	1
164	Rubén Vargas	Switzerland	1
165	Lisandro Martínez	Argentina	1
166	Ali Nemati	Iran	1
167	Ismail Jakobs	Senegal	1
168	Josip Stanisic	Croatia	1
169	Barış Alper Yılmaz	Turkey	1
170	Orkun Kökçü	Turkey	1
171	Vitinha	Portugal	1
172	Abdulelah Al-Amri	Saudi Arabia	1
173	Ryan Gravenberch	Netherlands	1
174	Keito Nakamura	Japan	1
175	Álex Baena	Spain	1
176	Pedro Porro	Spain	1
177	Crysencio Summerville	Netherlands	1
178	Hicham Boudaoui	Algeria	1
179	Gabriel Martinelli	Brazil	1
180	Gonzalo Plata	Ecuador	1
181	Maxi Araújo	Uruguay	1
182	Homam Al-Amin	Qatar	1
183	Haissem Hassan	Egypt	1
184	Soufiane Rahimi	Morocco	1
185	Zineddine Belaid	Algeria	1
186	Érik Lira	Mexico	1
187	Rayan Cherki	France	1
188	Ayase Ueda	Japan	1
189	Maxim De Cuyper	Belgium	1
190	Malik Tillman	USA	1
191	Carlos Harvey	Panama	1
192	Fabian Rieder	Switzerland	1
193	Aaron Hickey	Scotland	1
194	Ali Al-Hamadi	Iraq	1
195	Eren Elmalı	Turkey	1
196	David Møller Wolfe	Norway	1
197	Ricardo Pepi	USA	1
198	Hannibal	Tunisia	1
199	Amad Diallo	Ivory Coast	1
200	Bradley Barcola	France	1
201	Pedro Vite	Ecuador	1
202	Ji-sung Eom	South Korea	1
203	Marwan Ateya	Egypt	1
204	Thelo Aasgaard	Norway	1
205	Igor Matanovic	Croatia	1
206	Marko Farji	Iraq	1
207	Telmo Arcanjo	Cape Verde	1
208	Yasin Ayari	Sweden	1
209	Jens Castrop	South Korea	1
210	Nicolas Jackson	Senegal	1
211	Bilal El Khannouss	Morocco	1
212	Issahaku Fatawu	Ghana	1
213	Matías Galarza Fonda	Paraguay	1
214	Nico O'Reilly	England	1
215	Chemsdine Talbi	Morocco	1
216	Désiré Doué	France	1
217	Kenan Yıldız	Turkey	1
218	Hazem Mastouri	Tunisia	1
219	Paul Okon-Engstler	Australia	1
220	Ernest Nuamah	Ghana	1
221	Ali Ahmed	Canada	1
222	Lamine Camara	Senegal	1
223	Ibrahim Maza	Algeria	1
224	Kerim Alajbegovic	Bosnia	1
225	Alexandr Sojka	Czech Republic	1
226	Petar Sučić	Croatia	1
227	El Hadji Malick Diouf	Senegal	1
228	Niko Sigur	Canada	1
229	Ibrahim Mbaye	Senegal	1