🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — World Cup trajectory

Squad value, stage reached, and over/under vs the Elo baseline, tournament by tournament, then the full squad each year. Value figures carry a completeness flag where the squad is not fully matched.

World Cup record

Tournaments
5
2002–2026
Best finish
Group
2002
Record
2–3–10
15 matches (W–D–L)
Goals
8–36
for–against
YearStagePWDLGFGAPtsSquad valueOutlastOver/under
2002Group 30030120€0M0.0-0.11
2006Group 3012271€10M0.0-0.04
2018Group 3102273€19M0.0-0.08
2022Group 3102353€25M0.0-0.05
2026Group 3021152€41M0.0

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

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Mohamed Al-DeayeaGK 29 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00
2 Mohammed SheliahDF 27 Al Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
3 Redha TukarDF 26 Al Shabab 00 n/a 0 00
4 Abdullah ZubromawiDF 28 Al Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
5 Mohsin Al-HarthiDF 25 Al Nassr 00 n/a 0 00
6 Fouzi Al-ShehriDF 22 Al Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
7 Ibrahim SuwayedMF 27 Al Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
8 Mohammed NoorMF 24 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00
9 Sami Al-JaberFW 29 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00
10 Mohammad Al-ShalhoubMF 21 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00
11 Obeid Al-DosariFW 26 Al Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
12 Ahmed Al-DokhiDF 25 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00
13 Hussein AbdulghaniDF 25 Al Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
14 Abdulaziz Al-KhathranMF 28 Al Shabab 00 n/a 0 00
15 Abdullah Al-JumaanFW 24 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00
16 Khamis Al-OwairanMF 28 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00
17 Abdullah Al-WakedMF 26 Al Shabab 00 n/a 0 00
18 Nawaf Al-TemyatMF 25 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00
19 Omar Al-GhamdiMF 23 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00
20 Al-Hasan Al-YamiFW 29 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00
21 Mabrouk ZaidGK 23 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00
22 Mohammed Al-KhojaliGK 29 Al Nassr 00 n/a 0 00
23 Mansour Al-ThagafiDF 23 Al Nassr 00 n/a 0 00
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Saudi Pro League83670,616
All competitions (9)
CompetitionAppsMin
Saudi Pro League83670,616
SAUP17914,942
SPLP15513,178
ACCS14210,986
ACWC705,796
ASSP282,337
EFD2491
KLUB4360
CGB155
Squad traits
Mean height
179 cm
22/23 measured
Defender height
178 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
0%
prospect share

2006 squad — Group value coverage 20/23

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Mohamed Al-Deayea 2ndGK 33 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.3M
2 Ahmed Al-Dokhi 2ndDF 29 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00 €0.5M
3 Redha Tukar 2ndDF 30 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00 €0.4M
4 Hamad Al-MontashariDF 23 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00 €1.0M
5 Naif Al-QadiDF 27 Al-Ahli 00 n/a 0 00 €0.3M
6 Omar Al-Ghamdi 2ndMF 27 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.4M
7 Mohammed AmeenMF 26 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00 €0.4M
8 Mohammed Noor 2ndFW 28 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00 €0.7M
9 Sami Al-Jaber 2ndFW 33 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.8M
10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 2ndMF 25 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.6M
11 Saad Al-HarthiFW 22 Al Nassr 00 n/a 0 00 €0.5M
12 Abdulaziz Al-Khathran 2ndDF 32 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.5M
13 Hussein Abdulghani 2ndDF 29 Al-Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
14 Saud KaririMF 25 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00 €0.6M
15 Ahmed Al-BahriDF 25 Al Ettifaq 00 n/a 0 00 €0.5M
16 Khaled AzizMF 24 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.3M
17 Mohamed EidDF 19 Al-Ahli 00 n/a 0 00
18 Nawaf Al-Temyat 2ndMF 29 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.7M
19 Mohammad MassadDF 23 Al-Ahli 00 n/a 0 00 €0.1M
20 Yasser Al-QahtaniFW 23 Al Hilal 00 n/a 0 00 €0.8M
21 Mabrouk Zaid 2ndGK 27 Al-Ittihad 00 n/a 0 00 €0.2M
22 Mohammad KhoujaGK 24 Al Shabab 00 n/a 0 00
23 Malek MouathFW 24 Al-Ahli 00 n/a 0 00 €0.2M
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Saudi Pro League1411115,007
All competitions (10)
CompetitionAppsMin
Saudi Pro League1411115,007
SAUP31125,991
SPLP16513,935
AFCL13210,489
ACCS1058,409
ACWC493,855
ASSP272,334
KLUB191,570
EFD2491
CGB155
Squad traits
Mean height
178 cm
23/23 measured
Defender height
177 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
5%
prospect share
Value dependency
10%
Hamad Al-Montashari of squad value

2018 squad — Group

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Abdullah Al-MayoufGK 31 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.6M
2 Mansoor Al-HarbiDF 30 Al Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.6M
3 Osama HawsawiDF 34 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.7M
4 Ali Al-BulaihiDF 28 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
5 Omar HawsawiDF 32 Al Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
6 Mohammed Al-BreikDF 25 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.3M
7 Salman Al-FarajMF 28 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.1M
8 Yahya Al-ShehriMF 27 Leganés 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
9 Hattan BahebriMF 25 Al Shabab 00 0 0 00 €0.9M
10 Mohammad Al-SahlawiFW 31 Al Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.7M
11 Abdulmalek Al-KhaibriMF 32 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.2M
12 Mohamed KannoMF 23 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.7M
13 Yasser Al-ShahraniDF 26 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.5M
14 Abdullah OtayfMF 25 Al Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.0M
15 Abdullah Al-KhaibariMF 21 Al Shabab 00 0 0 00 €0.2M
16 Housain Al-MogahwiMF 30 Al Ahli 00 0 0 00 €1.0M
17 Taisir Al-JassimMF 33 Al Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
18 Salem Al-DawsariMF 26 Villarreal 10 0 33 00 €0.8M
19 Fahad Al-MuwalladFW 23 Levante 20 0 26 00 €1.0M
20 Muhannad AssiriFW 31 Al Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.9M
21 Yasser Al-MosailemGK 34 Al Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.9M
22 Mohammed Al-OwaisGK 26 Al Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.9M
23 Motaz HawsawiDF 26 Al Ahli 00 0 0 00 €1.2M
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Belgian Pro League176
Saudi Pro League3098244,183
All competitions (12)
CompetitionAppsMin
Saudi Pro League3098244,183
AFCL67051,149
SAKC36429,650
SAUP33228,408
SASS231,952
AFCC9621
ACLQ8824
SPLP5475
La Liga359
Belgian Pro League176
CCB158
PLIC1120
Squad traits
Mean height
178 cm
23/23 measured
Defender height
178 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
1%
prospect share
Value dependency
8%
Yasser Al-Shahrani of squad value

2022 squad — Group

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Mohammed Al-RubaieGK 25 Al-Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.6M
2 Sultan Al-GhannamDF 28 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €2.5M
3 Abdullah MaduDF 29 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.9M
4 Abdulelah Al-AmriDF 25 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €1.2M
5 Ali Al-Bulaihi 2ndDF 32 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.4M
6 Mohammed Al-Breik 2ndDF 30 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.2M
7 Salman Al-Faraj 2ndMF 33 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.5M
8 Abdulellah Al-MalkiMF 28 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
9 Firas Al-BuraikanFW 22 Al-Fateh 00 0 0 00 €1.8M
10 Salem Al-Dawsari 2ndFW 31 Al-Hilal 10 0 33 00 €1.8M
11 Saleh Al-ShehriFW 29 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.7M
12 Saud AbdulhamidDF 23 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.7M
13 Yasser Al-Shahrani 2ndDF 30 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.5M
14 Abdullah Otayf 2ndMF 30 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
15 Ali Al-HassanMF 25 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.5M
16 Sami Al-NajeiMF 25 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €1.5M
17 Hassan Al-TambaktiDF 23 Al-Shabab 00 0 0 00 €1.0M
18 Nawaf Al-AbedMF 32 Al-Shabab 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
19 Hattan Bahebri 2ndFW 30 Al-Shabab 00 0 0 00 €0.9M
20 Abdulrahman Al-AboudFW 27 Al-Ittihad 00 0 0 00 €1.5M
21 Mohammed Al-Owais 2ndGK 31 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.7M
22 Nawaf Al-AqidiGK 22 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.2M
23 Mohamed Kanno 2ndMF 28 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.2M
24 Nasser Al-DawsariMF 23 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.7M
25 Haitham AsiriFW 21 Al-Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.4M
26 Riyadh SharahiliMF 29 Abha 00 0 0 00 €0.4M
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Primeira Liga7319
Saudi Pro League2996207,276
All competitions (14)
CompetitionAppsMin
Saudi Pro League2996207,276
AFCL68849,038
SAKC31323,673
SAUP1058,410
KLUB372,598
SASS342,483
SA2L141,240
Primeira Liga7319
ACLQ4342
POCP3106
SAUR3270
La Liga133
PLIC1120
POPO145
Squad traits
Mean height
179 cm
26/26 measured
Defender height
178 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
10%
prospect share
Value dependency
10%
Sultan Al-Ghannam of squad value

2026 squad — Group

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Nawaf Al-Aqidi 2ndGK 26 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.7M
2 Ali MajrashiDF 26 Al-Ahli 00 0 0 00 €1.4M
3 Ali LajamiDF 30 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
4 Abdulelah Al-Amri 2ndDF 29 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €1.4M
5 Hassan Al-Tambakti 2ndDF 27 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.8M
6 Nasser Al-Dawsari 2ndMF 27 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.9M
7 Musab Al-JuwayrMF 22 Al-Qadsiah 00 0 0 00 €6.0M
8 Ayman YahyaFW 25 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €1.2M
9 Firas Al-Buraikan 2ndFW 26 Al-Ahli 00 0 0 00 €3.5M
10 Salem Al-Dawsari 3rdFW 34 Al-Hilal 10 0 33 00 €1.2M
11 Saleh Al-Shehri 2ndFW 32 Al-Ittihad 00 0 0 00 €0.5M
12 Saud Abdulhamid 2ndDF 26 Lens 292 6 1,550 00 €9.0M
13 Nawaf BoushalDF 26 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €1.4M
14 Hassan KadeshDF 33 Al-Ittihad 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
15 Abdullah Al-Khaibari 2ndMF 29 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
16 Ziyad Al-JohaniMF 24 Al-Ahli 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
17 Khalid Al-GhannamFW 25 Al-Ettifaq 00 0 0 00 €2.5M
18 Alaa Al-HejjiMF 30 Neom 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
19 Abdullah Al-HamdanFW 26 Al-Nassr 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
20 Sultan MandashFW 31 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
21 Mohammed Al-Owais 3rdGK 34 Al-Ula 00 0 0 00 €0.3M
22 Ahmed Al-KassarGK 35 Al-Qadsiah 00 0 0 00 €0.2M
23 Mohamed Kanno 3rdMF 31 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €0.8M
24 Moteb Al-HarbiDF 26 Al-Hilal 00 0 0 00 €1.4M
25 Jehad ThakriDF 24 Al-Qadsiah 00 0 0 00 €1.2M
26 Mohammed Abu Al-ShamatDF 23 Al-Qadsiah 00 0 0 00 €1.8M
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Firas Al-Buraikan
peak €6M (2024-06) → €4M at kickoff · −42%
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Primeira Liga7319
Saudi Pro League4049258,099
All competitions (23)
CompetitionAppsMin
Saudi Pro League4049258,099
AFCL47830,511
SAKC42629,271
ACLE21112,171
SA2L18714,998
SASS794,703
KLUB623,666
ACL2533,343
SAUP413,361
Ligue 1251,345
ACLQ7500
Primeira Liga7319
FRC6493
UEFA Europa League4175
Serie A4205
POCP3106
SAUR3270
AFCC2103
FIC1244
SA2P2240
La Liga133
PLIC1120
POPO145
Squad traits
Mean height
178 cm
26/26 measured
Defender height
177 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
15%
prospect share
Goal dependency
100%
Saud Abdulhamid of squad league goals
Value dependency
22%
Saud Abdulhamid of squad value