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4 World Cups · 2002–2022
Succession '06
7%
U23 value share
Succession '22
13%
recovered
Top-5 minutes
91.5k→217.5k
+138% at kick-off

The Cliff — succession vs squad minutes

per World Cup cycle · squad top-5 league minutes and under-23 value share, at kick-off
Top-5 minutesSuccession · U23 value share
250k125k0k15%8%0%20022006201820227%4%13%THE CLIFFRECOVERY · 4% → 13%

Squad value at kick-off

total market value · €m · at each tournament
€69m€275m€256m'06'18'22

Mean squad age

years, weighted by minutes · at each tournament
30.028.527.028.228.828.028.6'02'06'18'22

Tournament by tournament

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2002
Group
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2006
Group
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2010
Did not qualify
no squad →
2014
Did not qualify
no squad →
2018
Group
compare →
2022
Round of 16
compare →
2026
Did not qualify
no squad →

2002 squad — Group 2002 — no TM values, appearance metrics only

Paper Index: #129 of 240 all-time · #17 of 32 in 2002 (composite -0.43)

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#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Jerzy DudekGK 29 Liverpool 350 n/a 3,115 300 —n/a 20
2 Tomasz KłosDF 29 1. FC Kaiserslautern 937 n/a 7,665 00 —n/a 20
3 Jacek ZielińskiDF 34 Legia Warsaw 00 n/a 0 70 —n/a 10
4 Michał ŻewłakowDF 26 Mouscron 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 00
5 Tomasz RząsaDF 29 Feyenoord 00 n/a 0 160 —n/a 10
6 Tomasz HajtoDF 29 Schalke 04 13610 n/a 10,948 61 —n/a 20
7 Piotr ŚwierczewskiMF 30 Marseille 26715 n/a 21,777 00 —n/a 20
8 Cezary KucharskiFW 30 Legia Warsaw 122 n/a 406 80 —n/a 10
9 Paweł KryszałowiczFW 27 Eintracht Frankfurt 187 n/a 1,361 00 —n/a 31
10 Radosław KałużnyMF 28 Energie Cottbus 255 n/a 1,968 00 —n/a 20
11 Emmanuel OlisadebeFW 23 Panathinaikos 00 n/a 0 102 —n/a 31
12 Radosław MajdanGK 30 Göztepe 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 10
13 Arkadiusz GłowackiDF 23 Wisła Kraków 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 10
14 Marcin ŻewłakowFW 26 Mouscron 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 51
15 Tomasz WałdochDF 31 Schalke 04 19914 n/a 17,525 60 —n/a 30
16 Maciej MurawskiDF 28 Legia Warsaw 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 10
17 Arkadiusz BąkMF 27 Widzew Łódź 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 10
18 Jacek KrzynówekFW 26 1. FC Nürnberg 295 n/a 1,976 00 —n/a 30
19 Maciej ŻurawskiFW 25 Wisła Kraków 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 30
20 Jacek BąkDF 29 Lens 1264 n/a 9,522 70 —n/a 10
21 Marek KoźmińskiMF 31 Ancona 1144 n/a 8,297 00 —n/a 30
22 Adam MatysekGK 33 RKS Radomsko 780 n/a 6,978 70 —n/a 00
23 Paweł SibikMF 31 Odra Wodzisław 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 10
Big-five league split
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LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League353,1150
La Liga124062
Serie A1148,2974
Bundesliga51843,25944
Ligue 145336,46123
Total top-5 113291,53873
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
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Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie (Ned)26622,891
Pro League (Bel)23319,912
Süper Lig (Tur)312,776
All competitions (21 named + 20 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Ekstraklasa (Pol)3036249,744
Bundesliga (Ger)51843,259
Ligue 1 (Fra)45336,461
Eredivisie (Ned)26622,891
2. Bundesliga (Ger)24021,153
Pro League (Bel)23319,912
UEFA Cup12310,641
Serie A (Ita)1148,297
Serie B (Ita)987,398
UEFA Champions League977,927
Super League (Sui)805,545
DFB-Pokal (Ger)555,089
UCL qualifying352,690
Premier League (Eng)353,115
Süper Lig (Tur)312,776
Coppa Italia (Ita)292,455
Super League (Gre)271,665
Coupe de France (Fra)201,695
LaLiga (Spa)12406
FA Cup (Eng)3270
Copa del Rey (Spa)190
Other competitions (20 — minor leagues, cups, youth)33828,368
Squad traits
Mean height
183 cm
15/23 measured
Defender height
185 cm
set-piece proxy
Goal dependency
21%
Piotr Świerczewski of squad league goals

2006 squad — Group · value retention 88%

Paper Index: #168 of 240 all-time · #22 of 32 in 2006 (composite -0.67)

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#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Artur BorucGK 26 Celtic 00 n/a 0 00 €4.5M€4M ’05 30
2 Mariusz JopDF 27 FC Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 €3.5M€4M ’06 10
3 Seweryn GancarczykDF 24 Metalist Kharkiv 00 n/a 0 00 €0.7M€1M ’06 00
4 Marcin BaszczyńskiDF 29 Wisła Kraków 00 n/a 0 00 €3.9M€4M ’06 30
5 Kamil KosowskiMF 28 1. FC Kaiserslautern [ 8 ] 431 n/a 2,643 00 €2.8M€3M ’05 10
6 Jacek Bąk 2ndDF 33 Al-Rayyan [ 9 ] 1985 n/a 15,054 130 €1.8M€2M ’04 30
7 Radosław SobolewskiMF 29 Wisła Kraków 00 n/a 0 00 €3.7M€4M ’06 20
8 Jacek Krzynówek 2ndFW 30 Bayer Leverkusen [ 10 ] 9815 n/a 6,397 73 €3.2M€8M ’05 30
9 Maciej Żurawski 2ndFW 29 Celtic 00 n/a 0 00 €8.0M€8M ’05 30
10 Mirosław SzymkowiakMF 29 Trabzonspor 00 n/a 0 60 €4.7M€5M ’05 20
11 Grzegorz RasiakFW 27 Tottenham Hotspur [ 11 ] 80 n/a 337 00 €3.5M€4M ’05 10
12 Tomasz KuszczakGK 24 West Bromwich Albion 310 n/a 2,739 00 €3.5M€4M ’06 00
13 Sebastian MilaMF 23 Austria Wien 00 n/a 0 00 €1.2M€2M ’05 00
14 Michał Żewłakow 2ndDF 30 Anderlecht [ 12 ] 00 n/a 0 140 €2.0M€2M ’06 30
15 Ebi SmolarekFW 25 Borussia Dortmund 4916 n/a 4,252 20 €4.0M€5M ’06 30
16 Arkadiusz RadomskiMF 28 Austria Wien 00 n/a 0 50 €1.7M€2M ’05 30
17 Dariusz DudkaMF 22 Wisła Kraków 00 n/a 0 00 €2.2M€2M ’06 10
18 Mariusz LewandowskiDF 27 Shakhtar Donetsk 00 n/a 0 60 €4.2M€4M ’06 20
19 Bartosz BosackiDF 30 Lech Poznań [ 13 ] 170 n/a 1,161 00 €0.6M€1M ’04 22
20 Piotr GizaMF 26 Cracovia 00 n/a 0 00 €0.9M€1M ’05 00
21 Ireneusz JeleńFW 25 Wisła Płock 00 n/a 0 00 €2.3M€3M ’05 30
22 Łukasz FabiańskiGK 21 Legia Warsaw 00 n/a 0 00 €2.5M€2M ’06 00
23 Paweł BrożekFW 23 Wisła Kraków 00 n/a 0 00 €3.2M€3M ’06 30
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Jacek Krzynówek
peak €8M (2005-08) → €3M at kickoff · −62%
Big-five league split
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LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League393,0760
Bundesliga20714,45332
Ligue 119815,0545
Total top-5 44432,58337
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
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Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)725,582
Eredivisie (Ned)28422,624
Premiership (Sco)584,965
Pro League (Bel)21417,268
Süper Lig (Tur)413,177
All competitions (20 named + 28 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Ekstraklasa (Pol)2368191,353
Eredivisie (Ned)28422,624
Pro League (Bel)21417,268
Bundesliga (Ger)20714,453
UEFA Cup20116,223
Ligue 1 (Fra)19815,054
Premier League (Ukr)15312,283
2. Bundesliga (Ger)968,116
UCL qualifying806,209
Championship (Eng)725,582
Premiership (Sco)584,965
UEFA Champions League534,225
Bundesliga (Aut)513,778
Premier Liga (Rus)504,366
Süper Lig (Tur)413,177
Premier League (Eng)393,076
DFB-Pokal (Ger)13977
Coupe de France (Fra)11933
EFL Cup (Eng)4375
FA Cup (Eng)4348
Other competitions (28 — minor leagues, cups, youth)66854,382
Squad traits
Mean height
184 cm
18/23 measured
Defender height
184 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
7%
prospect share
Goal dependency
43%
Ebi Smolarek of squad league goals
Value dependency
12%
Maciej Żurawski of squad value

2018 squad — Group · value retention 81%

Paper Index: #80 of 240 all-time · #11 of 32 in 2018 (composite +0.13)

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#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Wojciech SzczęsnyGK 28 Juventus 2210 0 19,859 330 €20.0M€20M ’18 20
2 Michał PazdanDF 30 Legia Warsaw 00 0 0 30 €2.0M€4M ’17 20
3 Artur JędrzejczykDF 30 Legia Warsaw 00 0 0 00 €1.5M€4M ’15 10
4 Thiago CionekDF 32 SPAL 491 1 4,128 00 €0.8M€1M ’16 10
5 Jan BednarekDF 22 Southampton 51 0 428 00 €5.0M€5M ’17 31
6 Jacek GóralskiMF 25 Ludogorets Razgrad 00 0 0 00 €2.5M€2M ’18 20
7 Arkadiusz MilikFW 24 Napoli 5612 1 1,654 105 €20.0M€20M ’16 10
8 Karol LinettyMF 23 Sampdoria 644 6 4,515 00 €15.0M€15M ’18 00
9 Robert LewandowskiFW 29 Bayern Munich 257180 50 19,945 7245 €90.0M€90M ’18 30
10 Grzegorz KrychowiakMF 28 West Bromwich Albion 16810 7 13,260 120 €18.0M€30M ’16 31
11 Kamil GrosickiMF 30 Hull City 9613 18 5,205 00 €7.0M€7M ’17 30
12 Bartosz BiałkowskiGK 30 Ipswich Town 00 0 0 00 €0.8M€2M ’07 00
13 Maciej RybusMF 28 Lokomotiv Moscow 190 1 1,191 40 €3.2M€5M ’15 20
14 Łukasz TeodorczykFW 27 Anderlecht 00 0 0 100 €7.5M€12M ’17 20
15 Kamil GlikDF 30 Monaco 21919 10 19,256 162 €18.0M€20M ’18 20
16 Jakub BłaszczykowskiMF 32 VfL Wolfsburg 24930 47 15,880 243 €1.0M€18M ’13 10
17 Sławomir PeszkoMF 33 Lechia Gdańsk 612 14 4,069 00 €0.3M€4M ’12 10
18 Bartosz BereszyńskiDF 25 Sampdoria 440 2 3,534 60 €12.0M€12M ’18 30
19 Piotr ZielińskiMF 24 Napoli 15414 16 8,039 122 €32.0M€32M ’18 30
20 Łukasz PiszczekDF 33 Borussia Dortmund 27217 40 21,109 400 €4.0M€16M ’13 20
21 Rafał KurzawaMF 25 Górnik Zabrze 00 0 0 00 €2.0M€2M ’18 10
22 Łukasz Fabiański 2ndGK 33 Swansea City 1810 2 16,169 140 €5.0M€9M ’16 10
23 Dawid KownackiFW 21 Sampdoria 225 2 811 00 €7.0M€7M ’18 20
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Jakub Błaszczykowski
peak €18M (2013-06) → €1M at kickoff · −94%
Big-five league split
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LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League36031,2351
La Liga584,9862
Serie A61643,56046
Bundesliga84860,910229
Ligue 125518,36130
Total top-5 2137159,052308
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
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Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)20716,969
Eredivisie (Ned)523,738
Pro League (Bel)524,027
Süper Lig (Tur)845,904
All competitions (27 named + 46 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Ekstraklasa (Pol)1778130,728
Bundesliga (Ger)84860,910
Serie A (Ita)61643,560
Premier League (Eng)36031,235
UEFA Champions League25619,278
Ligue 1 (Fra)25518,361
Championship (Eng)20716,969
Premier Liga (Rus)18114,487
UEFA Europa League17413,038
Serie B (Ita)14913,014
League One (Eng)11910,509
DFB-Pokal (Ger)1058,720
Süper Lig (Tur)845,904
LaLiga (Spa)584,986
Ligue 2 (Fra)564,870
Pro League (Bel)524,027
FA Cup (Eng)524,607
Eredivisie (Ned)523,738
UCL qualifying493,775
EFL Cup (Eng)403,733
Coppa Italia (Ita)362,957
UEFA Cup262,046
2. Bundesliga (Ger)241,166
Premier League (Ukr)24765
Coupe de France (Fra)161,303
Super League (Sui)8340
Copa del Rey (Spa)5373
Other competitions (46 — minor leagues, cups, youth)92472,457
Squad traits
Mean height
184 cm
23/23 measured
Defender height
186 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
4%
prospect share
Goal dependency
58%
Robert Lewandowski of squad league goals
Value dependency
33%
Robert Lewandowski of squad value
Precocity
1,462′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Piotr Zieliński (1,462′), Wojciech Szczęsny (810′), Arkadiusz Milik (665′).

2022 squad — Round of 16 · value retention 53%

Paper Index: #67 of 240 all-time · #10 of 32 in 2022 (composite +0.30)

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#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Wojciech Szczęsny 2ndGK 32 Juventus 3500 1 31,382 680 €13.0M€40M ’19 40
2 Matty CashDF 25 Aston Villa 794 5 6,790 00 €22.0M€25M ’22 40
3 Artur Jędrzejczyk 2ndDF 35 Legia Warsaw 00 0 0 00 €0.3M€4M ’15 10
4 Mateusz WieteskaDF 25 Clermont 150 1 1,350 10 €3.0M€3M ’22 00
5 Jan Bednarek 2ndDF 26 Aston Villa 1357 3 11,618 00 €18.0M€25M ’21 10
6 Krystian BielikMF 24 Birmingham City 00 0 0 00 €3.0M€6M ’19 40
7 Arkadiusz Milik 2ndFW 28 Juventus 16960 6 9,285 2410 €10.0M€40M ’19 30
8 Damian SzymańskiMF 27 AEK Athens 00 0 0 00 €2.0M€2M ’22 10
9 Robert Lewandowski 2ndFW 34 Barcelona 398325 79 32,148 11191 €45.0M€90M ’18 42
10 Grzegorz Krychowiak 2ndMF 32 Al-Shabab 16810 7 13,260 281 €6.0M€30M ’16 40
11 Kamil Grosicki 2ndMF 34 Pogoń Szczecin 9913 19 5,354 00 €0.7M€7M ’17 10
12 Łukasz SkorupskiGK 31 Bologna 2260 0 20,340 20 €3.0M€7M ’17 00
13 Jakub KamińskiMF 20 VfL Wolfsburg 130 3 803 00 €10.0M€10M ’21 40
14 Jakub KiwiorDF 22 Spezia 370 0 3,254 00 €6.0M€6M ’22 50
15 Kamil Glik 2ndDF 34 Benevento 31123 11 27,503 212 €0.8M€20M ’18 40
16 Karol ŚwiderskiFW 25 Charlotte FC 00 0 0 00 €5.0M€6M ’21 10
17 Szymon ŻurkowskiMF 25 Fiorentina 396 4 2,358 00 €5.8M€7M ’22 00
18 Bartosz Bereszyński 2ndDF 30 Sampdoria 1791 7 14,813 60 €3.0M€12M ’18 40
19 Sebastian SzymańskiMF 23 Feyenoord 00 0 0 00 €14.0M€14M ’22 20
20 Piotr Zieliński 2ndMF 28 Napoli 31339 43 19,408 315 €40.0M€50M ’21 41
21 Nicola ZalewskiMF 20 Roma 280 1 1,400 00 €15.0M€15M ’22 20
22 Kamil GrabaraGK 23 Copenhagen 00 0 0 40 €5.0M€5M ’19 00
23 Krzysztof PiątekFW 27 Salernitana 13644 6 8,463 00 €11.0M€40M ’19 20
24 Przemysław FrankowskiMF 27 Lens 526 7 3,463 00 €7.0M€8M ’22 40
25 Robert GumnyDF 24 FC Augsburg 632 2 4,481 00 €3.5M€5M ’18 00
26 Michał SkóraśMF 22 Lech Poznań 00 0 0 00 €3.5M€4M ’22 00
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Robert Lewandowski
peak €90M (2018-04) → €45M at kickoff · −50%
Big-five league split
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LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League39133,19511
La Liga726,05415
Serie A1408108,507132
Bundesliga54039,919328
Ligue 139929,79854
Total top-5 2810217,473540
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
CSV ↓
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Championship (Eng)34625,117
Eredivisie (Ned)654,606
MLS (USA/Can)907,024
Superliga (Den)554,868
Süper Lig (Tur)845,904
Saudi Pro League (KSA)8716
All competitions (28 named + 72 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Ekstraklasa (Pol)1750127,224
Serie A (Ita)1408108,507
Bundesliga (Ger)54039,919
Ligue 1 (Fra)39929,798
Premier League (Eng)39133,195
Championship (Eng)34625,117
UEFA Champions League29623,451
Premier Liga (Rus)24420,457
UEFA Europa League14911,109
Super League (Gre)1297,597
MLS (USA/Can)907,024
Serie B (Ita)866,095
Süper Lig (Tur)845,904
Coppa Italia (Ita)755,773
LaLiga (Spa)726,054
Eredivisie (Ned)654,606
DFB-Pokal (Ger)615,058
UCL qualifying594,291
League One (Eng)595,022
Ligue 2 (Fra)564,870
Superliga (Den)554,868
FA Cup (Eng)342,884
EFL Cup (Eng)332,252
Coupe de France (Fra)251,926
Super League (Sui)8340
Saudi Pro League (KSA)8716
UEFA Cup8592
Copa del Rey (Spa)5373
Other competitions (72 — minor leagues, cups, youth)1464111,717
Squad traits
Mean height
184 cm
26/26 measured
Defender height
187 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
13%
prospect share
Goal dependency
60%
Robert Lewandowski of squad league goals
Value dependency
18%
Robert Lewandowski of squad value
Precocity
1,462′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Piotr Zieliński (1,462′), Nicola Zalewski (1,400′), Wojciech Szczęsny (810′).