THE CLIFF
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3 World Cups · 2002–2018
Succession '14
1%
generational floor
Succession '18
25%
recovered
Top-5 minutes
96.3k→5.1k
-95% 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
100k50k0k25%12%0%2002201420181%25%THE CLIFFRECOVERY · 1% → 25%

Squad value at kick-off

total market value · €m · at each tournament
€180m€162m'14'18

Mean squad age

years, weighted by minutes · at each tournament
30.028.026.027.528.429.2'02'14'18

Tournament by tournament

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2002
Group
compare →
2006
Did not qualify
no squad →
2010
Did not qualify
no squad →
2014
Group
compare →
2018
Quarter-final
compare →
2022
Did not qualify
no squad →
2026
Did not qualify
no squad →

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

Paper Index: #76 of 240 all-time · #11 of 32 in 2002 (composite +0.18)

CSV ↓
#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Ruslan NigmatullinGK 27 Hellas Verona 10 n/a 70 80 —n/a 30
2 Yuri KovtunDF 32 Spartak Moscow 00 n/a 0 210 —n/a 30
3 Yuriy NikiforovDF 31 PSV Eindhoven 652 n/a 5,738 405 —n/a 00
4 Alexey SmertinMF 27 Bordeaux 510 n/a 4,047 00 —n/a 20
5 Andrei SolomatinDF 26 CSKA Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 30
6 Igor SemshovMF 24 Torpedo Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 20
7 Viktor OnopkoDF 32 Oviedo 1866 n/a 16,128 204 —n/a 30
8 Valery KarpinMF 33 Celta Vigo 27648 n/a 23,182 105 —n/a 31
9 Yegor TitovMF 26 Spartak Moscow 00 n/a 0 306 —n/a 31
10 Aleksandr MostovoiMF 33 Celta Vigo 26062 n/a 20,986 00 —n/a 00
11 Vladimir BeschastnykhFW 28 Spartak Moscow 19739 n/a 11,899 165 —n/a 31
12 Stanislav CherchesovGK 38 Tirol Innsbruck 570 n/a 5,130 60 —n/a 00
13 Vyacheslav DayevDF 29 CSKA Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 00
14 Igor ChugainovDF 32 Uralan Elista 00 n/a 0 60 —n/a 00
15 Dmitri AlenichevMF 29 Porto 432 n/a 2,272 173 —n/a 20
16 Aleksandr KerzhakovFW 19 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 10
17 Sergei SemakMF 26 CSKA Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 00
18 Dmitri SennikovDF 25 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 n/a 0 31 —n/a 10
19 Ruslan PimenovFW 20 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 n/a 0 61 —n/a 20
20 Marat IzmailovMF 19 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 n/a 0 61 —n/a 20
21 Dmitri KhokhlovMF 26 Real Sociedad 9312 n/a 6,800 113 —n/a 30
22 Dmitri SychevFW 18 Spartak Moscow 00 n/a 0 00 —n/a 31
23 Aleksandr FilimonovGK 28 Uralan Elista 00 n/a 0 270 —n/a 00
Big-five league split
CSV ↓
LeagueAppsMinGls
La Liga94574,703140
Serie A442,3422
Bundesliga1138,75511
Ligue 112710,45218
Total top-5 122996,252171
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
CSV ↓
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie (Ned)15911,902
Primeira Liga (Por)573,141
All competitions (17 named + 25 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Premier Liga (Rus)2727228,989
LaLiga (Spa)94574,703
UEFA Cup26822,171
UEFA Champions League22719,264
Bundesliga (Aut)18216,318
Eredivisie (Ned)15911,902
Ligue 1 (Fra)12710,452
Bundesliga (Ger)1138,755
Copa del Rey (Spa)715,382
Primeira Liga (Por)573,141
UCL qualifying463,855
Serie A (Ita)442,342
Premier League (Ukr)332,895
Segunda (Spa)302,499
DFB-Pokal (Ger)121,097
Coupe de France (Fra)111,016
Coppa Italia (Ita)6542
Other competitions (25 — minor leagues, cups, youth)1611135,172
Squad traits
Mean height
182 cm
21/23 measured
Defender height
187 cm
set-piece proxy
Goal dependency
36%
Aleksandr Mostovoi of squad league goals
Precocity
1,343′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Vladimir Beschastnykh (1,343′).

2014 squad — Group · value retention 83%

Paper Index: #147 of 240 all-time · #21 of 32 in 2014 (composite -0.56)

CSV ↓
#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Igor AkinfeevGK 28 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 310 €20.0M€20M ’09 30
2 Aleksei KozlovDF 27 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €7.0M€7M ’14 20
3 Georgi ShchennikovDF 23 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 210 €4.0M€4M ’12 00
4 Sergei IgnashevichDF 34 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 612 €2.0M€7M ’09 30
5 Andrei SemyonovDF 25 Terek Grozny 00 0 0 00 €0.4M€0M ’13 00
6 Maksim KanunnikovFW 22 Amkar Perm [ 150 ] 00 0 0 40 €1.8M€2M ’13 20
7 Igor DenisovMF 30 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 180 €14.0M€20M ’12 20
8 Denis GlushakovMF 27 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 00 €10.0M€10M ’13 30
9 Aleksandr KokorinFW 23 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €18.0M€18M ’14 31
10 Alan DzagoevMF 23 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 174 €23.0M€25M ’12 30
11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 2ndFW 31 Zenit Saint Petersburg 268 2 1,317 193 €7.0M€14M ’12 31
12 Yuri LodyginGK 24 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 70 €5.0M€5M ’14 00
13 Vladimir GranatDF 27 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €5.0M€5M ’14 00
14 Vasili BerezutskiDF 31 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 342 €6.0M€6M ’13 30
15 Pavel MogilevetsMF 21 Rubin Kazan [ 151 ] 00 0 0 00 €0.2M€0M ’13 00
16 Sergey RyzhikovGK 33 Rubin Kazan 00 0 0 120 €4.5M€9M ’09 00
17 Oleg ShatovMF 23 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 71 €6.0M€6M ’14 30
18 Yuri ZhirkovDF 30 Dynamo Moscow 290 4 1,559 292 €8.0M€20M ’09 10
19 Aleksandr SamedovFW 29 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 0 0 00 €10.0M€10M ’14 30
20 Viktor FayzulinMF 28 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 212 €9.0M€9M ’13 30
21 Aleksei IonovFW 25 Dynamo Moscow 00 0 0 00 €4.0M€4M ’13 00
22 Andrey YeshchenkoDF 30 Anzhi Makhachkala [ 152 ] 00 0 0 00 €3.6M€4M ’13 20
23 Dmitri KombarovDF 27 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 120 €11.0M€11M ’13 30
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Yuri Zhirkov
peak €20M (2009-02) → €8M at kickoff · −60%
Big-five league split
CSV ↓
LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League291,5590
La Liga261,3178
Total top-5 552,8768
Selected pathway leagues — full list below

No minutes in the selected pathway leagues.

All competitions (12 named + 19 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Premier Liga (Rus)3854309,447
UEFA Champions League29323,977
UEFA Cup20415,965
UEFA Europa League16412,520
Premier League (Ukr)978,056
UCL qualifying664,957
Premier League (Eng)291,559
LaLiga (Spa)261,317
Super League (Gre)232,070
Copa del Rey (Spa)8367
FA Cup (Eng)5369
EFL Cup (Eng)3279
Other competitions (19 — minor leagues, cups, youth)1693129,414
Squad traits
Mean height
182 cm
22/23 measured
Defender height
183 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
1%
prospect share
Goal dependency
100%
Aleksandr Kerzhakov of squad league goals
Value dependency
13%
Alan Dzagoev of squad value

2018 squad — Quarter-final · value retention 66%

Paper Index: #152 of 240 all-time · #21 of 32 in 2018 (composite -0.61)

CSV ↓
#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue Peak WC WCG
1 Igor Akinfeev 2ndGK 32 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 550 €10.0M€20M ’09 50
2 Mário FernandesDF 27 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 220 €16.0M€18M ’15 51
3 Ilya KutepovDF 24 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 30 €3.4M€3M ’18 50
4 Sergei Ignashevich 2ndDF 38 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 813 €0.0M€7M ’09 50
5 Andrei Semyonov 2ndDF 29 Akhmat Grozny 00 0 0 00 €3.5M€4M ’16 00
6 Denis CheryshevMF 27 Villarreal 749 12 3,550 30 €3.0M€10M ’15 54
7 Daler KuzyayevMF 25 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 00 €7.0M€7M ’18 50
8 Yury GazinskyMF 28 Krasnodar 00 0 0 00 €5.2M€6M ’15 41
9 Alan Dzagoev 2ndMF 27 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 347 €15.0M€25M ’12 20
10 Fyodor SmolovFW 28 Krasnodar 00 0 0 00 €16.0M€16M ’18 50
11 Roman ZobninMF 24 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 20 €8.0M€8M ’18 50
12 Andrey LunyovGK 26 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 00 €8.0M€8M ’18 00
13 Fyodor KudryashovDF 31 Rubin Kazan 00 0 0 40 €3.0M€4M ’16 40
14 Vladimir Granat 2ndDF 31 Rubin Kazan 00 0 0 60 €2.0M€5M ’14 10
15 Aleksei MiranchukMF 22 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 0 0 00 €14.0M€14M ’18 00
16 Anton MiranchukMF 22 Lokomotiv Moscow 00 0 0 00 €8.0M€8M ’18 10
17 Aleksandr GolovinMF 22 CSKA Moscow 00 0 0 130 €18.0M€18M ’18 41
18 Yuri Zhirkov 2ndMF 34 Zenit Saint Petersburg 290 4 1,559 312 €0.8M€20M ’09 30
19 Aleksandr Samedov 2ndMF 33 Spartak Moscow 00 0 0 41 €1.2M€10M ’14 50
20 Vladimir GabulovGK 34 Club Brugge 00 0 0 60 €0.7M€8M ’10 00
21 Aleksandr YerokhinMF 28 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 60 €5.0M€5M ’16 20
22 Artem DzyubaFW 29 Arsenal Tula 00 0 0 136 €7.0M€10M ’16 53
23 Igor SmolnikovDF 29 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 0 0 150 €7.0M€12M ’16 10
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Yuri Zhirkov
peak €20M (2009-02) → €800k at kickoff · −96%
Big-five league split
CSV ↓
LeagueAppsMinGls
Premier League291,5590
La Liga743,5509
Total top-5 1035,1099
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
CSV ↓
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie (Ned)11430
Pro League (Bel)4360
Brasileirão (Bra)544,588
All competitions (15 named + 30 other) CSV ↓
CompetitionAppsMin
Premier Liga (Rus)4245340,416
UEFA Champions League29824,588
UEFA Europa League26919,634
UEFA Cup1169,526
UCL qualifying947,069
LaLiga (Spa)743,550
Brasileirão (Bra)544,588
Segunda (Spa)342,549
Premier League (Eng)291,559
Copa del Rey (Spa)13650
Eredivisie (Ned)11430
FA Cup (Eng)5369
Pro League (Bel)4360
EFL Cup (Eng)3279
Copa Libertadores3142
Other competitions (30 — minor leagues, cups, youth)1940144,238
Squad traits
Mean height
185 cm
23/23 measured
Defender height
186 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
25%
prospect share
Goal dependency
100%
Denis Cheryshev of squad league goals
Value dependency
11%
Aleksandr Golovin of squad value