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List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps

In association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official appearance for their national team. This article lists all men's football players who have played in 100 or more official international matches for a national football team according to association football's world governing body FIFA. As of 18 January 2026, 669 men's footballers from 118 countries have officially played in 100 or more international games. The record for the most official men's international appearances is currently held by Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal with 226 caps, surpassing Bader Al-Mutawa of Kuwait's previous record total of 196 caps in March 2023. Al-Mutawa's total number of international matches was later readjusted to 202, making him the first football player to achieve the 200-match milestone.

Men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
: Rank: The order of ranking with regards to international caps is in accordance with FIFA and their records. Records from other sources are not included in the official table, however, those from RSSSF whose cap totals are higher than those of FIFA are mentioned in the footnotes. Players who have achieved 100 or more international caps but are not recognised by FIFA are noted below the table. : Players: Players still active in their national teams are highlighted in bold. Player names are given in preference to their nationalities preference. For example: Icelandic players are sorted by first name, Brazilian, Portuguese, and Spanish players by nickname or first name (if more commonly used), and Chinese and Korean players by family name prefix. Players who have not been used in over two years since their last cap are no longer highlighted in bold. The player however may still be active and eligible for international selection. : Nation: Players represent a nation recognised by FIFA. These can be UN recognised countries, overseas territories or disputed states. : Confederation: Players & their nations are represented by 6 separate continental confederations within FIFA: :: AFC: Asian Football Confederation :: CAF: Confédération Africaine de Football (English: African Football Confederation) :: CONCACAF: Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football :: CONMEBOL: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol – (English: South American Football Confederation) :: OFC: Oceania Football Confederation :: UEFA: Union des Associations Européennes de Football – (English: Union of European Football Associations) : Debut: States the date in which the player made his first international appearance for the national team. : Latest: States the date in which the player made his last or most recent international appearance for the national team. ;Notes : Australia joined the AFC from the OFC on 1 January 2006 when Mark Schwarzer had 36 caps and Tim Cahill had 14 caps. The most capped men's footballers from the OFC are Ivan Vicelich and Chris Wood of New Zealand with 88 caps each. :Fandi Ahmad, Marvin Andrews, Bashar Bani Yaseen, Juan Barrera, Lakhdar Belloumi, Jonathan Billie, József Bozsik, Durrant Brown, David Chabala, Jack Chamangwana, Rohit Chand, Young Chimodzi, Gilbert Chirwa, Godfrey Chitalu, Choi Soon-ho, Alex Chola, Eric Davis, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Falah Hassan, Ari Hjelm, Joevin Jones, Emmanuel Kundé, Grzegorz Lato, Borislav Mihaylov, Haitham Mustafa, Mrisho Ngasa, Felix Nyirongo, Morten Olsen, Marvin Phillip, Kinnah Phiri, Piyapong Pue-on, Ahmed Radhi, Donovan Ricketts, Hussein Saeed, Joachim Streich, Jermaine Taylor, Andris Vaņins, Harold Wallace, Godfrey Walusimbi, Harry Waya, Lawrence Waya, Andy Williams and Rabie Yassin have all appeared in 100 or more games for their nations, however some of these caps are not recognised as official by FIFA, and do not reach the 100 cap threshold required to be included in this table. == Players by nations ==
Players by nations
== Players by confederations ==
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