Palace at the World Cup: The best numbers so far

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24 Jun 2026

Every side at the 2026 FIFA World Cup Finals has now played twice, with Palace's contingent already leaving their mark.

Three Eagles have not only scored once, but twice, with Daniel Muñoz becoming the latest after he scored in Colombia's 1-0 win over DR Congo.

Colombia's win saw them join France, with both Jean-Philippe Mateta and Maxence Lacroix in their squad, Jørgen Strand Larsen's Norway and Chris Richards' USA, in qualifying for the last 32.

That means there'll be plenty of Palace representation in the knockout stage and we still have the final round of group games before then.

In the meantime, here are some of the best facts and figures involving our players from the first two rounds of fixtures....

Six

Where else to start? Palace players have six goals at the Finals so far and counting. Midfielder Daichi Kamada, wing-back Daniel Muñoz and forward Ismaïla Sarr all getting two so far.

Second

Crystal Palace are second – only to Real Madrid – in the ranking of the highest-scoring clubs at the World Cup. Real have seven with both Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe netting three each. Not bad going.

206

Minutes played by Muñoz and his Colombian teammate Jefferson Lerma so far – ever-presents for Los Cafeteros.

3

Muñoz is the third Colombian man to score in his team's first two games at a FIFA World Cup after Adolfo Valencia (1994) and James Rodríguez (2014).

The wing-back joins Yerry Mina as the only Colombian defenders with multiple goals at the World Cup (Mina scored 3 in 2018).

101

Sprints by Muñoz so far – the most by any Palace player so far.

21169.14

Metres covered by Chris Richards so far in just two games.

Eight

Forced turnovers from Jefferson Lerma for Colombia.

First

Ismaïla Sarr became the fourth active Palace to score at a World Cup in Senegal’s 3-2 defeat to Norway – and the first from an African nation.

196

High intensity runs from Daichi Kamada for Japan so far.

3:27

Kamada’s goal against Tunisia was Japan's fastest World Cup Finals goal – scored at 3 minutes and 27 seconds.

1000

Kamada and Japan’s second game at the tournament (the win over Tunisia) was the 1000th match in World Cup Finals history.

Nine

Sarr is now on nine appearances at the tournament for Senegal – a joint-record with Kalidou Koulibaly.

His three goals mean he is level with Papa Bouba Diop as the top goalscorer for the Lions of Teranga in World Cup fixtures.

14

After coming off the bench in a 4-0 win against Saudi Arabia, Yéremy Pino became the 14th Palace player to feature in a World Cup Finals feature.

92%

Pass accuracy for Chadi Riad so far. Riad has completed both of Morocco’s two group games as of this point.

Five

Of our players are still awaiting their first appearance of the tournament – hopefully we'll see them get some minutes on matchday three...

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