The 10 most tired teams at the World Cup

The 10 most tired teams at the World Cup 😪

Are Les Bleus already at a disadvantage?

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This Thursday evening will see the start of the first 48-team World Cup in history. A longer, more grueling competition, reflecting recent seasons in which players are playing more and more matches.

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With that in mind, the BBC put together a "fatigue ranking" for the top 10 nations in the FIFA rankings. To do so, the British media outlet totaled the minutes played by each team's players since June 15, 2025.

And the news is not good for Les Bleus, who sit quite comfortably at the top of this ranking with 98,895 minutes played. Maxence Lacroix is also the French player who has played the most minutes (5,009).

With the high temperatures expected in the United States, that accumulated fatigue could prove costly for France... or for other nations.

The ranking of the most "fatigued" teams

1- France: 98,895 minutes (1,341 matches)
2- Portugal: 96,405 minutes (1,299 matches)
3- England: 94,403 minutes (1,304 matches)
4- Germany: 92,642 minutes (1,254 matches)
5- Brazil: 92,175 minutes (1,193 matches)
6- Spain: 90,396 minutes (1,251 matches)
7- Argentina: 87,233 minutes (1,204 matches)
8- Belgium: 84,924 minutes (1,165 matches)
9- Netherlands: 80,555 minutes (1,152 matches)
10- Morocco: 73,680 minutes (1,040 matches)

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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