Players Who Played in the Most Women's World Cup Editions, Through 2023
Key Findings
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Formiga leads in World Cup editions with a playing appearance with 7.
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Average World Cup editions with a playing appearance: 5.43 · median: 5.
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Gap: Formiga is 1.4× larger than Sophie Schmidt.
About This Dataset
Players Who Played in the Most Women's World Cup Editions, Through 2023
Formiga leads the displayed comparison with 7 World Cup editions with a playing appearance. Christine Sinclair records 6.
These records cover completed FIFA Women's World Cup final tournaments through 2023, providing context ahead of Brazil 2027. Qualifying matches, Olympic tournaments and other international competitions are excluded.
FIFA lists fourteen players who actually played in at least five editions: one with seven, four with six and nine with five. An edition counts once, regardless of how many matches the player contested.
Squad selection without entering a match does not count. FIFA separately identifies six other players selected for five squads who did not play in all five. This metric differs from total World Cup matches and international caps.
Sources checked October 22, 2026. This is a static, dated comparison; later source revisions may change the figures. Equal values represent ties regardless of display order.
These records cover completed FIFA Women's World Cup final tournaments through 2023, providing context ahead of Brazil 2027. Qualifying matches, Olympic tournaments and other international competitions are excluded.
FIFA lists fourteen players who actually played in at least five editions: one with seven, four with six and nine with five. An edition counts once, regardless of how many matches the player contested.
Squad selection without entering a match does not count. FIFA separately identifies six other players selected for five squads who did not play in all five. This metric differs from total World Cup matches and international caps.
Sources checked October 22, 2026. This is a static, dated comparison; later source revisions may change the figures. Equal values represent ties regardless of display order.
Analysis
The gap between the first two displayed values is 1 World Cup editions with a playing appearance. Read the source definitions and coverage before interpreting the ranking.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- FIFA - Players appearing in the most Women's World Cups (January 1, 2026)
- Coverage
- 14 entities · 1991-2023 · 14 observations
- Measure
- World Cup editions with a playing appearance
- Last updated
- 22 October 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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