World Cup 2026: Most In-Form Players in Each Position

World Cup 2026 is just around the corner, and here we take a look at the most in-form players based on their performances for their club during the season, who are expected to continue their form in the upcoming competition.

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(note: G=Goal, A=Assist)

World Cup 2026 Most In-Form Players – Forwards:

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Harry Kane ($10.5m-England): European Golden Shoe winner of the season and one of the best forwards in the game, who just spent his best-ever season with Bayern Munich, has the exceptional record of 68 goal contributions (61G + 7A) in all competitions.
Erling Haaland ($10.5m-Norway): Premier League Golden Boot winner contributed in 47 goals for Manchester City in all competitions, including 38 goals and 9 assists.
Lionel Messi ($10.0m-Argentina): The Golden Ball winner of the previous World Cup tournament is running the show at the age of 38, with 13 goals & 7 assists in his 16 appearances for Inter Miami this season so far.
Kylian Mbappe ($10.5m-France): Although some believe he wasn’t at his peak this season in Real Madrid, he still managed to be the top goal scorer of the Champions League and LaLiga with a total of 42 goals and 6 assists in all competitions.
Julian Alvarez ($8.6m-Argentina): The best Atletico Madrid player of the season, scored 20 goals and provided 9 assists in all competitions for the club.
Lautaro Martinez ($8.8m-Argentina): The top goal scorer of Serie A had 28 goal contributions this season (22G + 6A) in all the matches he played for Inter Milan.
Joao Felix ($6.5m-Portugal) / Cristiano Ronaldo ($10.0m-Portugal): Portuguese forwards played well alongside each other at Al-Nassr this season, which led them to have 33 (20G + 13A) & 30 (28G + 2A) goal contributions respectively.
Luis Suarez ($5.7m-Colombia): Top scorer of Liga Portugal with 40 goal contributions (33G + 7A) for Sporting across all competitions this season.

World Cup 2026 Most In-Form Players – Midfielders

Bruno Fernandes ($8.5m-Portugal): The best player of the Premier League and the assist record breaker with 31 goal contributions (9G + 22A) in all competitions for Manchester United.
Micheal Olise ($9.5m-France): The French young star with a phenomenal season at Bayern Munich scored 22 goals and provided 26 assists for his teammates.
Lamine Yamal ($10.0m-Spain): The Best player of LaLiga in the previous season was involved in 41 goals for Barcelona (24G + 14A).
Ousmane Dembele ($10.0m-France): The League 1 Player of the Season and the Champions League winner contributed in 31 goals for PSG this season (20G + 11A).
Luis Diaz ($8.1m-Colombia): Alongside Kane and Olise, he also spent a wonderful year during his first season at Bayern Munich, including 26 goals & 19 assists.
Raphinha ($8.2m-Brazil): Despite missing a part of the season due to injury, he still could score 21 goals and provide 7 assists in the 33 games he played for Barcelona.
Vinicius Jr ($10.0m-Brazil): Scoring 22 goals and providing 10 assists in all competitions for Real Madrid proves he is doing great, even if it’s not his best season.
Rayan Cherki ($8.0m-France): The French attacking midfielder, who recently won Premier League Young Player of the Season, had 25 goal contributions (10G + 15A) in all competitions for Manchester City.

World Cup 2026 Most In-Form Players – Defenders

Gabriel ($5.5m-Brazil): Arguably the main reason Arsenal could win the Premier League after 22 years, and their best player with such a great performance in defense was involved in 3G+4A in the league.
Ashraf Hakimi ($6.0m- Morocco): Although he missed some periods of the season due to injury, he still managed to have 11 goal contributions (3G + 8A) for PSG.
Nuno Mendes ($5.8m-Portugal): The best left full-back in the world had a record of 6 goals and 7 assists for PSG across all competitions this season.
Joshua Kimmich ($5.5m-Germany): One of the best players of Bayern Munich in their wonderful run this season, had 14 goal contributions, including 3G+12A in all competitions.
Nico O’Reilly (4.7m-England): What a breakthrough for the 21-year-old Man City young star this season, with the record of 9 goals & 6 assists in all competitions for the club.

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