Ranking every BBC and ITV pundit at the 2022 World Cup from worst to best

We've gorged on every World Cup game this year and seen more Gary Lineker, Laura Woods and Mark Pougatch than our own families in the process - but which pundits have impressed us the most?

With every game live on terrestrial television, via the BBC or ITV, a core of experts have made their mark over the past month.

And, with the semi-finals imminent and most of them back in the UK, we decided to rank them from worst to best.

33. Gilberto Silva (BBC)

Sorry Gilberto, you were a great player at Arsenal but someone had to be the last and we don't remember anything you said on screen.

READ: A tribute to Gilberto Silva, Arsenal's unsexy but essential Invincible

32. Ian Rush (BBC)

Rush was an understandable choice for Wales' first World Cup in 64 years - and anyone unaware of that fact should now seek emergency medical attention - but you'd be driven to treat him as a natural in front of the cameras.< /p>

Saying that, put us on a show watched by millions and we'd dissolve in a puddle of sweat and stutter. It's harder work than it looks.

31. Jermaine Jenas (BBC)

As Takumi Minamino prepares to take a penalty against Croatia, Jenas raves about the Japanese midfielder's career in Germany, a country Minamino has never played for.

Look, we all make mistakes. But Jenas was pushed hard by the Beeb - it wouldn't surprise us if he ever stepped into Gary Lineker's shoes - and the viewer deserves better than flatly uttered inaccuracies.

30. Jürgen Kilnsmann (BBC)

Klinsmann entered the tournament as a wise and clubbable outsider on the BBC panel and finished it bodied by Carlos Queiroz after his comments on Iran's win over Wales. Ouch.

29. Gary Neville (ITV)

Widely recognized as one of the greatest experts in British football, Neville's reputation has taken a serious hit in Qatar.

Called hypocrisy by Ian Hislop ahead of the tournament for accepting Qatari candy while decrying their human rights record, Neville's promise to expose regime abuses on air was weaker than a pint of Budweiser in reality.

And, whisper it, he entered the Hansen stage of allowing his expert to become a caricature of his prime.

We hope he can unravel his many geopolitical knots before the next Super Sunday.

28. Danny Murphy (BBC)

Murphy remains an enigma; he's capable of fun and eccentric outbursts, but he's undermined by a voice the CIA would use in torture sessions.

The highlight of his tournament came under the excuse of a match between Uruguay and South Korea in the groups, having an existential crisis over why the shots that hit the post weren't not counted as framed.

Call us pedants, but that's because they didn't aim, Danny.

27. Didier Drogba (BBC)

A curious cameo from Drogba, whose lack of sudden movements and slow blinking were distinctly reptilian.

26. Micah Richards (BBC)

There's a place for Richards' sunny approach to punditry, and he's certainly bought the best of Alan Shearer and Roy Keane in the past, but his actual analysis remains somewhat lacking.

And that's not necessarily a bad thing - the World Cup attracts millions of casual viewers who would be put off by rigid tactical talk - but it does make Richards rather one-dimensional.

25. Dion Dublin (BBC)

Rates higher than Richards due to lack of overexposure but suffers from a similar problem; joviality is all well and good, but it wears off when you realize that's all.

Also, he never once worked on the "stairs to the bedrooms" in his comment. Shame on you, Dion.

24. Hal Robson-Kanu (ITV)

With his sweet appearance as a primary school teacher, Robson-Kanu seemed ill-suited to the loud ITV outing, but managed to hold his own.

However, there was a reason he was usually tasked with covering lesser games; it was no match for analysis or meme material to the big beasts on the channel.

23. Lee Dixon (ITV)

Paul Scholes, Karl Pilkington… there is definitely a certain type of Mancunian man who lives under a permanent rain cloud and Dixon falls firmly into that category.

We think the former Arsenal defender is crippled by his pairing with Matterface - the two have all the chemistry of a couple on a terrible first date - but calling Senegal...