World Cup 2022: Who made your group stage XI and who ranked best?

Who person you rated arsenic the apical performers successful the radical stages?

It has been the busiest World Cup radical signifier ever.

We person been asking you to complaint the players successful each crippled played truthful acold and person present crunched the numbers to observe the hits and misses.

It looks similar Brighton fans person been engaged - six of the highest-rated XI person played for the Seagulls - and galore of your squad person astatine immoderate constituent appeared successful the UK, with Arsenal, Stoke City, Celtic and Sheffield United each represented.

Meanwhile, determination is nary abstraction for Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Co successful the BBC Sport users' player-rater XI.

Your squad of the radical stage

The Group Stage XI, arsenic decided by the champion mean rankings from BBC Sport users...

Goalkeeper: Mat Ryan, Australia (7.59).

Defenders: Tariq Lamptey, Ghana (7.98); Pervis Estupinan, Ecuador (8.17); Harry Souttar, Australia (7.85); Takehiro Tomiyasu, Japan (8.71).

Midfielders: Aaron Mooy, Australia (8.18); Ao Tanaka, Japan (8.25); Moises Caicedo, Ecuador (8.11).

Forwards: Iliman Ndiaye, Senegal (8.22); Daizen Maeda, Japan (8.57); Kaoru Mitoma, Japan (8.48).

The apical 5 players

Japan and Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu has been rated highest by BBC Sport readers truthful acold astatine the World Cup

Before each World Cup, countless players are talked up arsenic those who volition airy up the tourney oregon imaginable breakout stars. We uncertainty immoderate of our apical 5 performers from the radical signifier would person featured prominently, if astatine all, successful immoderate of those discussions.

Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu has lone made 2 substitute appearances for Japan but tops the database with an mean standing of 8.71 (we've stipulated players indispensable person featured successful astatine slightest 2 games to marque the cut).

Celtic striker Daizen Maeda is the 2nd of 4 Japan players successful the apical 5 with an mean standing of 8.57. Like Tomiyasu, you fancy helium mightiness besides person benefitted from the information helium was not progressive successful the decision to Costa Rica.

The aforesaid goes for Ao Tanaka, though scoring the extremity that saw Japan done to the knockout signifier astir apt helped a spot too, warranting his 8.25.

Speaking of that arguable goal, the antheral who was judged to have conscionable kept the shot successful play was Kaoru Mitoma. The Brighton guardant came disconnected the seat successful each 3 of Japan's radical matches and ne'er failed to marque an interaction - a well-earned 8.48.

Rounding retired the apical 5 is Senegal's Iliman Ndiaye connected 8.22. The Sheffield United attacker, who spent 3 years successful English non-league shot with Boreham Wood, made a large content disconnected the seat successful a 3-1 triumph implicit Qatar, mounting up the 3rd goal.

How did Home Nations players perform?

It volition astonishment nary 1 to perceive England's players person fared a batch amended than Wales', with Robert Page's broadside connected their mode location aft 1 constituent from 3 and the Three Lions into the 2nd circular unbeaten.

What whitethorn travel arsenic a flimsy astonishment though is that you person rated Phil Foden arsenic England's prima performer truthful far, with his scores from a substitute quality against Iran and his archetypal commencement against Wales averaging to an awesome 7.54.

Looking astatine England players who person started each crippled and it is Borussia Dortmund's midfielder Jude Bellingham who leads the way, averaging 6.64, with lone his people of 4.7 successful the drab goalless gully with USA leaving him beneath Foden - who didn't feature.

Chelsea's Mason Mount, who Foden replaced successful Tuesday's triumph against Wales, has been your autumn feline truthful far, with the lowest mean of 5.04 from his 2 starts.

For Wales, you rated Bournemouth frontman Kieffer Moore arsenic their apical performer, with an mean of 5.03.

Moore was brought connected a half-time substitute successful their opening gully with USA, earlier keeping his spot for the past 2 radical games.

And your worst performer for Wales? It's Gareth Bale with 3.57...

The standout performances

Nice one, Son's crying. The Tottenham guardant sobbed tears of joyousness aft South Korea sealed advancement to the past 16

There person been nary shortages of shocks successful the radical signifier but 1 successful peculiar seemed to basal out, with 3 of the apical idiosyncratic performances, arsenic rated by you, each coming successful the aforesaid crippled - and each were substitutes arsenic Japan came from down to bushed Germany.

Brighton winger Mitoma was connected the transportation for conscionable 40 minutes, including stoppage time, but did capable to gain the second-highest lucifer people of 9.13.

Ritsu Doan came connected arsenic a 71st-minute sub and lashed the shot into the backmost of the nett 4 minutes aboriginal to bring Japan level to gain a 9.05 rating. Coming successful conscionable shy of that is Tomiyasu connected 9.01.

But the highest idiosyncratic ranking of all? Son Heung-min, whose tears of joyousness aft South Korea's triumph implicit Portugal connected Friday earned the guardant a heady 9.15 rating.