1st) Craig Gordon – Scotland (43 years & 162 days)
2nd) Cristiano Ronaldo – Portugal (41 & 126)
3rd) Guillermo Ochoa – Mexico (40 & 333)
4th) Luka Modric – Croatia (40 & 275)
5th) Edin Dzeko – Bosnia and Herzegovina (40 & 86)
6th) Manuel Neuer – Germany (40 & 76)
7th) Vozinha – Cabo Verde (40 & 8)
8th) Fernando Muslera – Uruguay (39 years & 360 days)
9th) Yuto Nagatomo – Japan (39 years & 272 days)
10th) Hernan Galindez – Ecuador (39 & 73)
11th) Mahdy Soliman – Egypt (39 & 3)
12th) Lionel Messi – Argentina (38 & 352)
13th) Tim Ream – USA (38 & 249)
14th) Weverton – Brazil (38 & 180)
15th) Alberto Quintero – Panama (38 & 175)
16th) Johny Placide – Haiti (38 & 133)
17th) Nicolas Otamendi – Argentina (38 & 119)
18th) Gatito Fernandez – Paraguay (38 & 74)
19th) Stopira – Cabo Verde (38 & 22)
20th) Michael Boxall – New Zealand (37 & 297)
Ages correct as of 11 June 2026.
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