How many long balls Iran complete, and who completes most.
Updated 29 September 2026, after the last game
Alireza Beiranvand has completed the most long balls for Iran in 2026, 19 in six appearances, 3.17 a game, ahead of Shoja Khalilzadeh with 16 and Saeed Ezatolahi with 13, across all competitions.
Iran complete more long balls away from home, 20.8 a game in their last 10 away games against 13.1 in their last 10 at home.
Iran completed 35 long balls away at Russia on 29 September, their most in a game in 2026, against an average of 12.4 across their nine games, and their fewest was none away at Uzbekistan on 24 September.
| Player | Apps | Accurate Long Balls | Per game | Games with 1+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alireza Beiranvand | 7 | 19 | 2.71 | 2 |
| Shoja Khalilzadeh | 8 | 16 | 2.00 | 4 |
| Saeed Ezatolahi | 7 | 13 | 1.86 | 4 |
| Ali Nemati | 8 | 12 | 1.50 | 4 |
| Ramin Rezaeian | 7 | 9 | 1.29 | 3 |
| Payam Niazmand | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 1 |
| Seyed Hossein Hosseini | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 1 |
| Mohammad Ghorbani | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 2 |
| Hossein Kanaani | 5 | 4 | 0.80 | 2 |
| Milad Mohammadi | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 2 |
| Mehdi Taremi | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 2 |
| Saman Ghoddos | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 1 |
| Shahab Zahedi | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 1 |
| S. Fallah | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Saleh Hardani | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 1 |
| Ehsan Hajsafi | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 2 |
| Aref Haji Eydi | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
| Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 1 |
| Omid Noorafkan | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 |
| Mehdi Hashemnejad | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Mehdi Ghayedi | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Danial Esmaeilifar | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Kasra Taheri | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Majid Hosseini | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Mehdi Torabi | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Alireza Koushki | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Mehdi Limouchi | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Sardar Azmoun | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Ali Gholizadeh | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Mohammadmehdi Mohebi | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Ali Alipour | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Amirmohammad Razzaghinia | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Dennis Eckert Ayensa | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Amirhossein Mahmoudi | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Shahriar Moghanlou | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Arya Yousefi | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Mohammad Mohebi | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | Competition | Score | Iran | Opponent | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 | Russia (A) | Friendly International | 2-0 | 35 | 31 | 66 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | Uzbekistan (A) | Friendly International | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 Jun 2026 | Egypt (A) | World Cup | 1-1 | 29 | 18 | 47 |
| 21 Jun 2026 | Belgium (A) | World Cup | 0-0 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| 16 Jun 2026 | New Zealand (H) | World Cup | 2-2 | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Mali (H) | Friendly International | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 May 2026 | Gambia (H) | Friendly International | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Costa Rica (H) | Friendly International | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | Nigeria (H) | Friendly International | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Uzbekistan (A) | Friendly International | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Line | Games over | Hit rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran accurate long balls | Over 6.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Iran accurate long balls | Over 8.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Iran accurate long balls | Over 10.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Iran accurate long balls | Over 12.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Iran accurate long balls | Over 14.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Opponent accurate long balls | Over 6.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Opponent accurate long balls | Over 8.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Opponent accurate long balls | Over 10.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Opponent accurate long balls | Over 12.5 | 3 of 10 | 30% |
| Opponent accurate long balls | Over 14.5 | 3 of 10 | 30% |
| Total accurate long balls | Over 14.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Total accurate long balls | Over 16.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Total accurate long balls | Over 18.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Total accurate long balls | Over 20.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |
| Total accurate long balls | Over 22.5 | 4 of 10 | 40% |