Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 16 | |
| 1993 | 34 | |
| 1994 | 37 | |
| 1995 | 31 | |
| 1996 | 28 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 21 | |
| 1999 | 30 | |
| 2000 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 27 | |
| 2002 | 25 | |
| 2003 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 22 | |
| 2005 | 10 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Alan Shearer ranks #103 in Football
Alan Shearer ranks 103rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 496th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 76, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 875 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1988–2006 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1994, which sets the Peak component at 86. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes premier league goals 260, premier league titles 1, golden boots 3, career goals 379.
Immediately ahead sits Kylian Mbappé on 84.3, a gap of 2.8 points. Directly behind is Carles Puyol on 81.3. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Alan Shearer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Shearer stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1994. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Shearer comparisons
Alan Shearer — frequently asked
- Is Alan Shearer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alan Shearer ranks 103rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Alan Shearer's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alan Shearer rank all time?
- 496th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 103rd within Football.
- Alan Shearer vs Kylian Mbappé: who ranks higher?
- Kylian Mbappé, on 84.3 against Alan Shearer's 81.5 — a margin of 2.8 points.