2026 World Cup Fantasy - Qualification Stars: South America

Here we take a look at the South American players with the best performance during World Cup 2026 qualification matches (September 2023 – March 2026). We focus on the forwards & midfielders with the highest number of goal involvement, and most influential defenders & goalkeepers in terms of clean sheets.

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World Cup Fantasy 2026- South America Qualification Stars

Goal Involvement:

Lionel Messi (FWD-$10.0m-Argentina): The Golden Ball winner of World Cup 2022 & 2014, who also won the Silver Boot Award in 2022, had the highest number of goal involvements – 8 goals & 3 assists – among all the South American players during the qualifications.
Luis Diaz (MID-$8.1m-Colombia): The Colombian star scored 7 goals and provided 3 assists in qualifying matches for his national team.
James Rodriguez (MID-$6.5m- Colombia): The Golden Boot winner of World Cup 2014 is another star from Colombia with 3 goals & 7 assists during the qualifications.
Enner Valencia (FWD-$5.9m-Ecuador): The 36-year-old striker with the record of 6 goals & 2 assists helped his team to qualify as the second-best team of South America, after Argentina.
Julian Alvarez (FWD-$8.6m-Argentina): 4 goals and 3 assists for the Argentinian young star as one of the shining stars of the previous World Cup.
Raphinha (MID-$8.2m-Brazil): The record of 5 goals & 2 assists puts him as the best Brazilian player during the qualifications in terms of goal involvement.
Darwin Nunez (FWD-$7.5m-Uruguay): The best performance among Uruguayan attackers belongs to him with 5 goals & 2 assists in qualification matches.
Lautaro Martinez (FWD-$8.8m-Argentina): Despite not having many minutes, he still had 5 goal involvements (4 goals & 1 assist) for Argentina.

Here is the list of all South American players with the best record of goal involvement in the qualifying round:

**(Please note: G=Goal, A=Assist, min=minutes played)**

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Clean Sheet:

Ecuador: Willian Pacho (DEF) / Piero Hincapie (DEF) / Pervis Estupinan (DEF-$4.8m): Ecuador conceded only 5 goals in 18 matches during the qualification, and these three defenders played the most minutes for the national team. (note: the first two are still not in the game)
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez (GK-$5.0m) / Cristian Romero (DEF-$4.9m) / Nicolas Otamendi (DEF-$4.4m): Argentina is another team with a good record of conceded goals – 10 goals in 18 matches
Uruguay: Sergio Rochet (GK-$4.1m) / Sebastian Caceres (DEF-$4.2m): Another team with relatively good defensive performance is Uruguay, with 12 conceded goals in 18 matches.

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2026 World Cup Fantasy – Qualification Stars: South America (CONMEBOL)