Move over Ballon d'Or, we've got new World Cup mascots to analyze and argue over. With news that Maple the Moose (representing Canada), Zayu the Jaguar (Mexico), and Clutch the Bald Eagle (United States) have officially joined the tournament's all-time list of mascots for 2026, we wondered where the trio fit in the pantheon?
As part of an eclectic group since 1966 that includes an anthropomorphic orange, a trouser-less lion that spends his time with a talking soccer ball, and a faceless stick figure, it's no easy or empirical task to organize them all from worst to best.