Croatia superstar Luka Modric is one of the greatest players in the world, using his vision and nimble footwork to dissect opposition defence’s with ease.
The 32-year-old is the alpha male when it comes to racking up most minutes of any player in the World Cup with a lung busting 604 minutes across the six matches.
The Real Madrid man has amassed 41 more minutes than the next player in the tournament, centre back Dejan Lovren with 561 minutes. The 29-year-old, like his team-mate, has played every minute of action apart from restricted game time during the facile 2-1 win over Iceland.
Of course, given Croatia have played three matches that have gone to extra-time, each of their players will have recorded more minutes than their World Cup final opponents France.
But the interesting statistic with Didier Deschamps’ side is, of his back four, each has played the full 90 minutes in five of the six matches, showing a solid and reliable presence at the rearguard.
For Les Bleus, Raphael Varane and N’Golo Kante top the minutes list with 540 from the six games, with Atletico Madrid’s Lucas Hernandez playing the third-most minutes on 499.
And ahead of Sunday’s final, here’s a look at the minutes racked up by both sets of squads.
CROATIA
Luka Modric – 604
Dejan Lovren – 561
Ivan Rakitic – 548
Ivan Perisic – 542
Danijel Subasic – 540
Domagoj Vida – 540
Mario Mandzukic – 519
Sime Vrsaljko – 517
Ante Rebic – 476
Ivan Strinic – 430
Marcelo Brozovic – 369
Andrej Kramaric – 313
Josip Pivaric – 200
Mateo Kovacic – 183
Vedran Corluka – 119
Milan Badelj – 103
Tin Jedvaj – 90
Lovre Kalinic – 90
Duje Caleta-Car – 90
Marko Pjaca – 73
Filip Bradaric – 25
Dominik Livakovic – 0
FRANCE
Raphael Varane – 540
N’Golo Kante – 540
Lucas Hernandez – 500
Antoine Griezmann – 481
Olivier Giroud – 465
Hugo Lloris – 450
Benjamin Pavard – 450
Samuel Umtiti – 450
Paul Pogba – 449
Kylian Mbappe – 444
Blaise Matuidi – 263
Corentin Tolisso – 178
Ousmane Dembele – 165
Steven N’Zonzi – 106
Steve Mandanda – 90
Djibril Sidibe – 90
Presnel Kimpembe – 90
Thomas Lemar – 90
Nabil Fekir – 60
Benjamin Mendy – 40
Florian Thauvin – 1
Adil Rami – 0
Alphonse Areola – 0
