Take a look at the penalty takers for all 48 nations competing at the 2026 World Cup.
Three of the last eight World Cup finals have been settled by a penalty shoot-out, but penalties of course play a significant part in proceedings throughout the tournament, certainly as far as deciding who takes the Golden Boot.
You have to go back to Thomas Muller in 2010 for the last time a player won the Golden Boot without taking a penalty, with James Rodriguez, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe landing the award in the last three World Cups, with all being successful from the spot.
Take a look below at the potential penalty takers for every team at the World Cup.
Country | Penalty takers |
Algeria | Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Amoura |
Argentina | Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez |
Australia | Martin Boyle, Ajdin Hrustic, Nestory Irankunda |
Austria | Marko Arnautovic, Marcel Sabitzer, Christoph Baumgartner |
Belgium | Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kerim Alajbegovic, Haris Tabakovic, Ermedin Demirovic |
Brazil | Neymar, Raphinha, Igor Thiago |
Canada | Jonathan David |
Cape Verde | Ryan Mendes, Garry Rodrigues |
Colombia | James Rodriguez, Luis Diaz |
Croatia | Luka Modrić, Andrej Kramarić, Ivan Perišić |
Curaçao | Leandro Bacuna, Jordi Paulina |
Czechia | Patrik Schick, Tomas Soucek |
DR Congo | Yoane Wissa, Cedric Bakambu |
Ecuador | Enner Valencia, Jordy Caicedo, Kendry Páez |
Egypt | Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush |
England | Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford |
France | Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele |
Germany | Kai Havertz, Joshua Kimmich |
Ghana | Jordan Ayew, Mohammed Kudus |
Haiti | Duckens Nazon, Wilson Isidor, Mondy Prunier |
Iran | Mehdi Taremi, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh |
Iraq | Aymen Hussein, Amir Al-Ammari |
Ivory Coast | Franck Kessie, Ibrahim Sangare |
Japan | Ayase Ueda, Ritsu Doan |
Jordan | Ali Olwan, Mousa Tamari |
Mexico | Raúl Jiménez |
Morocco | Brahim Diaz, Achraf Hakimi |
Netherlands | Memphis Depay, Cody Gakpo, Virgil Van Dijk |
New Zealand | Chris Wood, Ben Waine |
Norway | Erling Haaland, Martin Ødegaard |
Panama | Eric Davis, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Ismael Diaz, Cecilio Waterman |
Paraguay | Julio Enciso, Miguel Almiron |
Portugal | Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes |
Qatar | Akram Afif, Almoez Ali |
Saudi Arabia | Salem Al-Dawsari, Firas Al Buraikan |
Scotland | Scott McTominay, John McGinn |
Senegal | Sadio Mane, Nicolas Jackson |
South Africa | Oswin Appollis, Lyle Foster |
South Korea | Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan |
Spain | Mikel Oyarzabal, Lamine Yamal, Rodri |
Sweden | Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander Isak |
Switzerland | Granit Xhaka, Breel Embolo |
Tunisia | Ali Abdi |
Turkey | Hakan Calhanoglu, Arda Guler, Kerem Akturkoglu |
United States | Christian Pulisic |
Uruguay | Federico Valverde, Darwin Nunez |
Uzbekistan | Otabek Shukurov, Eldor Shomurodov |
