Every World Cup teams’ penalty takers and their top scorer odds including 20/1 shouts

The 2026 World Cup kicks off on Thursday night and we have you covered with all 48 countries’ team penalty takers.

bet365 have priced up the odds for top goal scorers from each nation for this summer’s tournament, which takes place across North America in Canada, the USA and Mexico.

Punters may well be interested in which player is most likely to take penalties for their nations should the opportunity arise, particularly with the some of the smaller nations, whose best opportunity for a goal in the World Cup might be from the spot, having some penalty takers with long odds to finish as their team’s top goal scorer.

World Cup Team Penalty Takers

Below is the list of each competing nations’ most likely penalty taker, along with bet365’s odds of that player to finish as their country’s leading goal scorer in the 2026 World Cup:

Algeria Penalty Taker

Riyad Mahrez – 9/2

Argentina Penalty Taker

Lionel Messi – 1/1

Australia Penalty Taker

Nestory Irankunda – 6/1

Austria Penalty Taker

Marko Arnautovic – 7/4

Belgium Penalty Taker

Romelu Lukaku – 8/13

Bosnia Penalty Taker

Edin Dzeko – 15/8

Brazil Penalty Taker

Raphinha – 3/1

Canada Penalty Taker

Jonathan David – 6/5

Cape Verde Penalty Taker

Ryan Mendes – 4/1

Colombia Penalty Taker

James Rodriguez – 9/1

Croatia Penalty Taker

Luka Modric – 11/2

Curacao Penalty Taker

Juninho Bacuna – 10/1

Czechia Penalty Taker

Patrick Schick – 13/8

DR Congo Penalty Taker

Yoane Wissa – 10/3

Ecuador Penalty Taker

Enner Valencia – 7/4

Egypt Penalty Taker

Mohamed Salah – 4/6

England Penalty Taker

Harry Kane – 1/2

France Penalty Taker

Kylian Mbappe – 4/6

Germany Penalty Taker

Kai Havertz – 2/1

Ghana Penalty Taker

Jordan Ayew – 11/2

Haiti Penalty Taker

Duckens Nazon – 6/1

Iran Penalty Taker

Mehdi Taremi – 8/13

Iraq Penalty Taker

Aymen Hussein – 5/1

Ivory Coast Penalty Taker

Franck Kessie – 7/1

Japan Penalty Taker

Ayase Ueda – 5/2

Jordan Penalty Taker

Ali Olwan – 3/1

Mexico Penalty Taker

Raul Jimenez – 11/4

Morocco Penalty Taker

Soufiane Rahimi – 9/1

Netherlands Penalty Taker

Cody Gakpo – 11/4

New Zealand Penalty Taker

Chris Wood – 8/11

Norway Penalty Taker

Erling Haaland – 3/10

Panama Penalty Taker

Eric Davis – 20/1

Paraguay Penalty Taker

Julio Enciso – 5/1

Portugal Penalty Taker

Cristiano Ronaldo – 7/4

Qatar Penalty Taker

Akram Afif – 9/2

Saudi Arabia Penalty Taker

Firas Al Buraikan – 4/1

Scotland Penalty Taker

Ryan Christie – 12/1

Senegal Penalty Taker

Sadio Mane – 3/1

South Africa Penalty Taker

Oswin Appollis – 7/1

South Korea Penalty Taker

Heung-Min Son – 5/2

Spain Penalty Taker

Mikel Oyarzabal – 7/4

Sweden Penalty Taker

Viktor Gyokeres – 13/8

Switzerland Penalty Taker

Granit Xhaka – 7/1

Tunisia Penalty Taker

Ismael Gharbi – 20/1

Turkey Penalty Taker

Hakan Calhanoglu – 8/1

Uruguay Penalty Taker

Federico Valverde – 8/1

USA Penalty Taker

Christian Pulisic – 10/3

Uzbekistan Penalty Taker

Eldor Shomurodov – 10/3

All odds correct at the time of writing with bet365

There are some well known household names, such as your Harry Kanes, your Lionel Messis and Kylian Mbappes who will be on spot kick duty who have some very short odds, but their are a couple of standout names that may raise the eyebrows of a few punters.

Panama left back Eric Davis and Tunisia winger Ismael Gharbi hold the highest odds of expected penalty takers both, at 20/1.

The 35-year-old Panamanian has scored six of the seven penalties he’s taken for his country, including one in a 3-0 win over El Salvador in the match which saw his country reach their second ever World Cup.

Davis started eight of his county’s 10 World Cup qualifiers, including each of their last five competitive matches, so can be expected to have a starting spot in their Group L matches against Ghana, Croatia and England, of which Panama will head into as heavy underdogs in each of them.

Tunisia’s Ismael Gharbi is a 22-year-old winger who has just spent the last season playing in Germany for Augsburg, on loan from Portuguese side Braga.

The winger has scored seven of the eight penalties he’s taken in his career, and despite having taken only one before for his country, it did come in their most recent normal time penalty, scoring the opener on a 1-1 draw with Tanzania in AFCON back in December.

Gharbi has started three of Tunisia’s last four matches, including their crucial final group stage match and the last 16 clash in this winter’s AFCON.

The north African side have been drawn into a tough group with Netherlands, Sweden and Japan, and will also be underdogs heading into all three games, leaving a penalty perhaps their best chance at finding the night.

Other notable likely penalty takers are midfielders Ryan Christie (12/1), Juninho Bacuna (10/1), James Rodriguez and Soufiane Rahimi (both 9/1) of Scotland, Curacao, Colombia and Morocco respectively.

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