Talk:List of FIFA World Cup winning players

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Rename?

The focus of this list is clearly the people who won the World Cup (we already have List of FIFA World Cup finals to tell us the teams that won it). Therefore, perhaps a less ambiguous title may be in order, e.g. List of FIFA World Cup winning personnel or something similar. --Jameboy (talk) 12:07, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed and since there's already List of FIFA World Cup winning managers, this list should simply be for winning players. - Brojam (talk) 01:17, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and moved the list and removed the teams and managers info following multiple similar comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of FIFA World Cup winning managers/archive1. - Brojam (talk) 19:38, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Chronological

This should be a chronological list. 2A02:2F0B:B409:6E00:7599:50C3:4B54:89C7 (talk) 21:46, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dead or alive

I'd like to know how many world cup winners are alive at a glance. There should be an extra column perhaps, or some toggle/sign next to names, anything that is presentable really. Any ideas? Should I start adding the info as soon as the current world cup finishes? Update: I added two new columns, birth and death, showing the respective years, also a total tally at the bottom. - 613 The Evil (talk) 22:04, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Most Finals by individual?!

Cafu appeared in 3 World Cup finals, as stated; He is not the only one, however, as stated, Edson Arantes do Nascimento was a victor in three of them. #10 PELÈ 2600:1700:3FC0:7AE0:7916:FB26:37C4:FA37 (talk) 08:07, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The medals awarded retroactively

The source says that 122 players got retroactive medals after not receiving them initially, as they had been in the winning squads between 1930 and 1974 but had not played in the final matches.

But this doesn't add up. In those 10 tournaments, each of those squads consisted of 22 players and used 11 of them in the finals (no substitutions were made). With the other 11 remaining on the bench, this amounts to only 110 of those medals, given out to 107 different players as Masetti, Castilho and Pepe would have gotten two each.

So how come 122? Maybe medals weren't originally awarded for the 1950 decisive match because it wasn't considered a 'final'? That would have been quite unlikely, and even then the count would still fall slightly short, adding up to 121 retroactive medals for 118 players.

Or, given that the source also says that 25 medals were distributed in 1978 after the rule change, maybe this includes medals for the managers and other staff members? Then, however, the total number would be well in excess of the amount stated. --Theurgist (talk) 03:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]