Of England’s squad in North America, just two are aged 27 years old.
Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah is the closest to the median age of being a starting member of a World Cup-winning side. He will be 27 years and 14 days old on the day of the final, should England get there. However, Chalobah is yet to feature at the tournament.
Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice, who has started five of England’s six matches so far, is 27-and-a-half, meaning he is the closest of England’s regular players this summer to being at median World Cup-winning age.
Jude Bellingham, Elliot Anderson, Jarell Quansah, Morgan Rogers and James Trafford are all aged 23. At the 2030 World Cup in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, the quintet will have turned 27, meaning they are at prime World Cup-winning age.
Of the 26-man squad, seven are aged between 26 and 28. That is the age that has produced 86.4% of World Cup average starting ages.
Based on average ages of starting 11s at the 2026 World Cup so far, England have the youngest team of the four semi-finalists. They have averaged 26 years and 255 days old in their starting line-ups.
Spain (26 years, 271 days), who play France in Tuesday’s first semi-final, also have a median age below 27.
France have the second-oldest squad of the remaining four, but are also close to prime age with an average age so far of 27 years and 194 days.
This article is the latest from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything team.
