Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 8 | |
| 1997 | 9 | |
| 1998 | 10 | |
| 1999 | 9 | |
| 2000 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 8 | |
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 10 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Alessandro Nesta ranks #58 in Football
Alessandro Nesta ranks 58th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 240th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 1993–2014 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, champions league titles 2, serie a titles 2, italy caps 78.
Immediately ahead sits Uwe Seeler on 84.3, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Sandro Mazzola on 84.6. 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.
Alessandro Nesta GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nesta stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Nesta comparisons
Alessandro Nesta — frequently asked
- Is Alessandro Nesta the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alessandro Nesta ranks 58th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Alessandro Nesta's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alessandro Nesta rank all time?
- 240th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Football.
- Alessandro Nesta vs Uwe Seeler: who ranks higher?
- Alessandro Nesta, on 85.0 against Uwe Seeler's 84.3 — a margin of 0.7 points.