Harry Kane currently sits in second place on the list of England men’s all-time caps list.
The striker made his 121st appearance for his country in the Three Lions’ World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina before sitting out the third-place play-off against France a few days later.
That leaves Kane just four appearances shy of equalling Peter Shilton’s record of 125, which has stood for male players since 1990.
Harry Kane just five appearances away from setting new England men caps record
Former goalkeeper Shilton had a 20-year career for England before making his final international appearance after Italia 90, having broken Bobby Moore’s record the previous year.
Only a handful of male players have broken the century mark since then, with David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney all earning at least 100 caps without toppling Shilton’s record.
Bar some unexpected intervention that keeps him out of the England squad, though, Kane should be on course to equal and possibly even break Shilton’s record this autumn.
England will play four Nations League games in the extended September-October international break, which replaces the previous schedule of having two separate double-game weeks in September and October.
If Kane were to feature in all four of those games – against Spain, Czechia, Croatia, and then Czechia again – he would equal Shilton’s record in the last fixture of that run, at Wembley on Tuesday, October 6.
The Bayern Munich striker would then have to wait just a few more weeks for the chance to set a new men’s record of 126 caps.
That’s because England are set to face Croatia, also at Wembley, on Thursday, 12 November.
Kane would have a long way to go to become England’s all-time appearance maker across both the men’s and women’s games, however.
Even getting to 126 caps would only put Kane eighth on that combined list.
Still ahead of him would be Rachel Yankey (129), Casey Stoney (130), Alex Scott (140), Karen Carney (144), Lucy Bronze (148 and counting), Jill Scott (161) and Fara Williams (172).