Neymar
Neymar Jr.
#25 · Forward · age 34
All-time top scorer; almost certainly final World Cup [unverified shirt number]
84
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 40
- Career peak
- 100
- League level
- 79
- Competition pedigree
- 98
- International pedigree
- 100
- Longevity
- 80
Independent rating — league strength (Opta-anchored) × competition tier × position-normalized output. Not affiliated with EA or FIFA.
Career by season
Source: transfermarkt + sofascore · fetched 2026-05-29
Neymar’s relationship with the Seleção has always been freighted with expectation, and the 2026 cycle frames it as a redemption arc. The 2014 home-soil semifinal he watched from a hospital bed and the 2022 quarter-final exit to Croatia loom over every touch. Ancelotti’s tactical shift — a 4-2-3-1 with Neymar floating off the left between the lines rather than hugging the chalk — is designed to protect the 34-year-old’s knees while keeping the ball at his feet in dangerous zones.
Whether his body cooperates is the open question. The adductor surgery, the ACL recovery before that, and the cumulative miles of two decades at the top mean every match is now a calculation. Brazilian football has spent a generation waiting for a sixth star; Neymar’s last act will determine whether the wait extends to 2030.
Strengths
- Elite vision and final-third creativity
- Set-piece delivery and dead-ball striking
- Tournament experience across four FIFA cycles
Recent form
Returned from adductor surgery in March 2026; sharper across May friendlies after a slow Brasileirão restart.
Surpassed Pelé as Brazil's all-time top scorer in September 2023 — his 79th international goal makes him the only Brazilian into the 70s.