Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 30 | |
| 1979 | 32 | |
| 1980 | 34 | |
| 1981 | 30 | |
| 1982 | 33 | |
| 1983 | 35 | |
| 1984 | 32 | |
| 1985 | 34 | |
| 1986 | 33 | |
| 1987 | 30 | |
| 1988 | 32 | |
| 1989 | 30 | |
| 1990 | 28 | |
| 1991 | 26 | |
| 1992 | 24 | |
| 1993 | 22 | |
| 1994 | 18 | |
| 1995 | 12 |
Data sources
- Serie A
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Franco Baresi ranks #46 in Football
Franco Baresi ranks 46th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 179th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 86, Statistics 80. 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 1977–1997 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, 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 european cups 3, serie a titles 6, world cups 1, appearances for milan 719.
Immediately ahead sits Gianni Rivera on 85.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Cafu 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.
Franco Baresi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Baresi 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 1983. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
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Franco Baresi — frequently asked
- Is Franco Baresi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Franco Baresi ranks 46th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Franco Baresi's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Franco Baresi rank all time?
- 179th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 46th within Football.
- Franco Baresi vs Gianni Rivera: who ranks higher?
- Franco Baresi, on 85.4 against Gianni Rivera's 85.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.