Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 55 | |
| 1995 | 60 | |
| 1996 | 64 | |
| 1997 | 69 | |
| 1998 | 74 | |
| 1999 | 78 | |
| 2000 | 83 | |
| 2001 | 88 | |
| 2002 | 92 | |
| 2003 | 97 | |
| 2004 | 90 | |
| 2005 | 82 | |
| 2006 | 75 | |
| 2007 | 67 | |
| 2008 | 60 | |
| 2009 | 52 | |
| 2010 | 45 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 30 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Andriy Shevchenko ranks #42 in Football
Andriy Shevchenko ranks 42nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 67th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 90, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 895 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1994–2012 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ballon d'or awards 1, champions league titles 1, serie a titles 1, career goals 339.
Immediately ahead sits Linda Medalen on 89.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Sun Wen on 88.9. 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.
Andriy Shevchenko GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Shevchenko stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Shevchenko comparisons
Andriy Shevchenko — frequently asked
- Is Andriy Shevchenko the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Andriy Shevchenko ranks 42nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Andriy Shevchenko's GOAT Score?
- 88.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Andriy Shevchenko rank all time?
- 67th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 42nd within Football.
- Andriy Shevchenko vs Linda Medalen: who ranks higher?
- Linda Medalen, on 89.0 against Andriy Shevchenko's 88.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.