How to Play FootBillion & Hit €1 Billion
Transparent rules, deterministic rarity math, and zero spelling traps. Here is everything you need to outscore your group chat.
1. Answer 7 Prompts
Each round gives you 7 football prompts (e.g. Played in the Premier League & Scored at a World Cup). You cannot reuse the same player twice in one 7-pick run.
2. Rarer = Bigger €M
Obvious superstars pay €8M–€28M. Forgotten cult heroes pay up to €195M. Average €143M across 7 picks to breach the €1,000M (€1B) Jackpot.
3. Fair Hints & Retries
Each prompt gives you 1 warning retry before striking out, plus an optional -30% Bounty Scout Hint (honestly marked on your share card).
The 5 Rarity Bounty Tiers (Data: 2025/26 Season)
Bounties are pre-computed from each footballer's global Wikipedia language-edition count (sitelinks), creating an objective fame curve that never fluctuates mid-day:
Frequently Asked Questions & Edge Cases
Why do obscure footballers earn MORE €M than superstars like Mbappé or Kane?
The €M figure is a Scout Rarity Bounty, not a real-world transfer market valuation. In FootBillion, naming an obvious global icon like Harry Kane or Virgil van Dijk earns €10M–€24M so you stay alive, whereas naming a forgotten cult hero like Asamoah Gyan (€145M) or Ibrahim Afellay (€174M) pays massive bounties toward the €1,000M (€1 Billion) target.
How is player rarity calculated? Does my score change depending on what time of day I play?
Never. Live pick-percentage games punish early timezones. FootBillion computes a fixed, deterministic bounty (€8M–€195M) from each footballer’s global Wikipedia multilingual sitelink footprint. Whether you play at 07:00 in Sydney or 21:00 in London, picking Bryan Ruiz awards the exact same €M as your mates.
Do loan spells count toward club and league prompts?
Yes! Any player who made at least 1 senior competitive first-team appearance for that club or in that league qualifies — permanent transfers and loan spells both count equally. Unused preseason friendlies or youth-only spells without a senior competitive appearance do not count.
What counts as winning the Premier League, Champions League, or World Cup?
Players who were part of the official trophy-winning tournament squad or met the competition’s medal criteria qualify. Every trophy prompt notes this rule right underneath the search bar.
What if I misspell a name, omit accents/hyphens, or pick between two players named Ronaldo?
Accents, umlauts, apostrophes, and hyphens are completely optional — typing "alexander arnold", "di matteo", "ngolo kante", or "odegaard" matches immediately. The search dropdown shows each candidate’s flag, position, and birth year (e.g. Ronaldo · 🇧🇷 FW · b.1976 vs Cristiano Ronaldo · 🇵🇹 FW · b.1985) without spoiling their clubs, and requires a second tap on "Lock In Pick" so you never lose a turn to a fat-finger tap.
Is €1 Billion actually achievable across 7 questions?
Yes! Hitting €1,000M across 7 picks requires an average of ~€143M per pick. Every validated prompt set in Daily, Unlimited, and League modes is mathematically checked to ensure multiple Cult Hero (€120M–€161M) and Streets Won’t Forget (€162M–€195M) answers exist. After finishing a round, expand any question on the summary card to inspect every accepted answer sorted by bounty.
How do 1v1 Podcast Duel Mode and the optional Shot Clock work?
In 1v1 Podcast Duel (/duel), two hosts share one screen across 7 prompts using snake turn order (Q1: Host 1 → Host 2, Q2: Host 2 → Host 1) so neither side keeps first-pick advantage. Every locked-in footballer is burned for both players for the rest of the match. You can also toggle a 30s or 15s Shot Clock in Duel, Unlimited, and League modes (Daily and Archive stay untimed so global scores remain fair).
What if a valid footballer is missing from the search list?
If your search finds no matching player, click the one-click "Report in 1 click" button right inside the search dropdown. Reported footballers are queued and synced into our dataset automatically via Wikidata.
Is FootBillion.io affiliated with Football Krillion, footbillion.com, or Footbilion?
FootBillion.io is an independent browser football trivia game built around our own Wikipedia-sitelink rarity index, Unlimited seed challenges, and Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Champions League, and World Cup modes. Players searching for rarest football answer games or Football Krillion style rarity trivia (including spellings like footbillion / footbilion / futbillion) can play free with no account required.