Palace at the World Cup: The Numbers

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Just two weeks after Palace’s 2025/26 came to a glorious conclusion in Leipzig – the 2026 FIFA World Cup is nearly here!

There is one headline stat to enjoy, with a record number of Palace players featuring at these Finals.

But we’ve dug out a few other facts and figures to complement it, with a round-up of the best numbers below...

Miles travelled by Canada and Owen Goodman during the group stage – the most of any Palace player.

At the other end of the scale, Maxence Lacroix and Jean-Philippe Mateta will have to travel 334 miles with France during the first round.

The number of players to have previously entered the pitch at a World Cup while playing for Palace.

The number of Palace players who are involved at the Finals, including on-loan forward Evann Guessand.

Stadiums in use at the Finals. How many of these are visited by Palace players over the next five weeks remains to be seen…

Caps for Ismaïla Sarr going into the tournament – the most capped Eagle of the players heading to North America.

The number of different nations who have Palace representation in their 26-man squad.

The capacity of the SoFi Stadium in LA where the USA and Chris Richards will play against Paraguay (13 June) and Turkey (26 June).

The amount of miles travelled by Dean Henderson and England during the group stage.

Caps for Norway forward Jørgen Strand Larsen going into the Finals.

Of Ivory Coast’s players have previously played at a World Cup – a new challenge for Evan Guessand’s side.

The combined total amount of caps between our 13 representatives.

Sunday, 28th June marks the final day of group games, with Colombia’s Daniel Muñoz and Jefferson Lerma in action against Portugal.

Goals scored by Daichi Kamada for Japan ahead of the Finals – four of which came during the qualification campaign.

Jørgen Strand Larsen was still just under two years away from being born when Norway last played at the World Cup Finals in 1998.

The year Jefferson Lerma made his Colombia debut, against South Korea.

Yéremy Pino’s age when he made his senior international debut for Spain against Italy in October 2021.

The year the last time Ismaïla Sarr’s Senegal lost a competitive fixture inside 90 minutes, which came against England at the 2022 Finals.

World Cup appearances from France – although they were absent the last time the tournament was hosted in North America, back in 1994.

French Palace duo Maxence Lacroix and Jean-Philippe Mateta have eight caps between them.