Esteghlal Tehran player and Team Melli Captain, Javad Nekounam made his126th Team Melli international cap to pass Ali KArimi as the second highest player after Ali Daei.
While Nekounam was absent from several Team Melli international friendlies during his time in Spain , it was quite possible to see him approach or even exceed Ali Daei’s record of 149 caps.
The table below list the players who have played 50 or more caps for Team Melli along with other stats.
Rank
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Name
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Openin.
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Subst.
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Total
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Goals
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Yellows
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Reds
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| 1 | DAEI, Ali | 144 | 5 | 149 | 112 | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | NEKOUNAM, Javad | 115 | 11 | 126 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | KARIMI, Ali | 115 | 10 | 125 | 38 | 15 | 0 |
| 4 | MAHDAVIKIA, Mehdi | 106 | 4 | 110 | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | KAEBI, Hossein | 82 | 8 | 90 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| 6 | BAGHERI, Karim | 84 | 3 | 87 | 51 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | ESTILI, Hamidreza | 72 | 9 | 81 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | ZARRINCHEH, Javad | 80 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | GOLMOHAMMADI, Yahya | 78 | 2 | 80 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | NOSRATI, Mohammad | 72 | 7 | 79 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| 11 | ABEDZADEH, Ahmadreza | 74 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | VAHEDI-NIKBAKHT, Ali Reza | 66 | 10 | 76 | 14 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | MIRZAPOUR, Ebrahim | 76 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | PARVIN, Ali | 68 | 4 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | HOSSEINI, Jalal | 71 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | RAHMATI, Mehdi | 70 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MINAVAND, Mehrdad | 57 | 12 | 69 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | AGHILI, Hadi | 64 | 3 | 67 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | TEYMOURIAN, Andranik | 60 | 7 | 67 | 9 | 18 | 1 |
| 20 | PEYROVANI, Afshin | 65 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GHLEECHKHANI, Parviz | 66 | 0 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MOHAMMADKHANI, Nader | 62 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | HEJAZI, Nasser | 58 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | REZAEI, Rahman | 57 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | KAVIANPOUR, Hamed | 45 | 8 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | KHAKPOUR, Mohammad | 49 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 9 | 1 |