Just 21 (1.6%) of all the players at this World Cup are younger than 20. That's a staggeringly low number.
It takes something special to be deemed good enough to represent your country at a World Cup as a teenager.
With 48 national teams bringing 26-man squads, that takes us to a total of 1248 players at this summer’s freshly expanded tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Just 21 (1.6%) of all the players at this World Cup are younger than 20.
We’ve scoured through every squad list and compiled the 10 youngest players at the 2026 World Cup:
