Liverpool and Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo made the most appearances of any men’s player in the calendar year of 2024, according to new findings released by FIFPRO and Football Benchmark.
FIFPRO’s Player Workload Monitoring (PWM) platform, operated in collaboration with Football Benchmark, tracks metrics relating to the match load, recovery and travel of over 1,800 professional men’s and women’s players worldwide. The data has now been updated to 31 December 2024.
Data from men’s players involved in the sample shows that Gakpo topped the appearances list for 2024 with a staggering 71 games for club and country. Behind the Dutchman with 70 appearances was Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid/Argentina) and Jules Kounde (Barcelona/France).
Kounde was the outfield player with the most minutes (6,522) played in 2024, with 73 percent of that being back-to-back minutes. Last year the defender made 51 back-to-back appearances; a match played within five days of the previous one.
Alvarez, who represented Argentina at the Copa America and Olympics in 2024, travelled the most of players in the sample who played over 60 games. The striker amassed 175 hours of international travel which saw him travel 132,063 kilometres last year.
