Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi made 79 appearances before turning 26.

most games before turning 26 top 5 years old by a player

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Kylian Mbappé K. Mbappé	79	6,282	70	50	0.63	24	74	6	0	261	138	5	3,419	639	76
2	Lionel Messi L. Messi	79	6,302	70	59	0.75			6
3	Iker Casillas I. Casillas	78	6,952	77	0	0.00			0
4	Raúl	78	6,836	77	43	0.55			1
5	Vinícius Júnior V. Júnior	73	5,608	63	29	0.40	24	53	2	0	180	75	6	3,417	527	25
6	Cesc Fàbregas C. Fàbregas	72	5,733	64	15	0.21			3
7	Thomas Müller T. Müller	68	4,796	57	28	0.41	3	31	6
8	Rodrygo	67	3,986	44	25	0.37	13	38	2	0	129	63	4	2,537	289	6
9	David Alaba D. Alaba	67	5,681	62	5	0.07	8	13	0
10	Raphaël Varane R. Varane	66	5,319	60	2	0.03	1	3	0
11	Phil Foden P. Foden	65	4,330	46	20	0.31	15	35	0	0	147	66	5	3,369	259	10
12	Wayne Rooney W. Rooney	64	5,202	60	26	0.41			3
13	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	64	5,218	59	26	0.41			2
14	Isco	59	3,941	45	7	0.12	4	11	0
15	Iniesta	59	3,631	38	5	0.08			0
16	Toni Kroos T. Kroos	58	4,441	52	6	0.10	3	9	0
17	Karim Benzema K. Benzema	58	3,860	45	33	0.57			0
18	Kai Havertz K. Havertz	57	3,956	43	11	0.19	4	15	1	0	96	33	3	2,334	222	17
19	Sergio Busquets S. Busquets	57	4,779	54	4	0.07			0
20	Xavi	57	4,225	47	2	0.04			0
21	Hasan Salihamidžić H. Salihamidžić	57	3,778	41	6	0.11			0
22	Samuel Osei Kuffour S. Osei Kuffour	57	4,855	55	1	0.02			0
23	Kaká	56	4,668	54	23	0.41			4
24	Christian Pulisic C. Pulisic	55	3,122	33	9	0.16	7	16	0	0	76	25	3	2,048	233	10
25	Raheem Sterling R. Sterling	55	4,012	44	21	0.38	14	35	0	0	99	51	2	2,265		24