Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 | |
| 2002 | 12 | |
| 2003 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 23 | |
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 21 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Arjen Robben ranks #73 in Football
Arjen Robben ranks 73rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 292nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 86, 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 2000–2021 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 1, bundesliga titles 8, league titles 11, netherlands caps 96.
Immediately ahead sits Jennifer Hermoso on 84.1, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Jürgen Klinsmann on 84.0. 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.
Arjen Robben GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Robben stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Robben comparisons
Arjen Robben — frequently asked
- Is Arjen Robben the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Arjen Robben ranks 73rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Arjen Robben's GOAT Score?
- 84.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Arjen Robben rank all time?
- 292nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 73rd within Football.
- Arjen Robben vs Jennifer Hermoso: who ranks higher?
- Arjen Robben, on 84.8 against Jennifer Hermoso's 84.1 — a margin of 0.7 points.