Category profile
- Dominance
- 93
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 4 | |
| 1966 | 6 | |
| 1967 | 9 | |
| 1968 | 8 | |
| 1969 | 6 | |
| 1970 | 8 | |
| 1971 | 7 | |
| 1972 | 9 | |
| 1973 | 6 | |
| 1974 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 4 | |
| 1976 | 6 | |
| 1977 | 5 | |
| 1978 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 4 | |
| 1980 | 2 | |
| 1981 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- DFB
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Franz Beckenbauer ranks #5 in Football
Franz Beckenbauer ranks 5th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 15th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 93, Peak 93, Longevity 92, Honours 94, Statistics 90. 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 1964–1983 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1967, which sets the Peak component at 93. Honours 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 career goals 105, ballon d'or 2, world cups 1, european cups 3.
Immediately ahead sits Pelé on 94.2, a gap of 1.6 points. Directly behind is Alfredo Di Stéfano on 92.9. 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.
Franz Beckenbauer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance93/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Beckenbauer stood above the field while competing. Scored 93/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1967. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Beckenbauer comparisons
Franz Beckenbauer — frequently asked
- Is Franz Beckenbauer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Franz Beckenbauer ranks 5th in Football with a GOAT Score of 92.6, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Franz Beckenbauer's GOAT Score?
- 92.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 93 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Franz Beckenbauer rank all time?
- 15th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Football.
- Franz Beckenbauer vs Pelé: who ranks higher?
- Pelé, on 94.2 against Franz Beckenbauer's 92.6 — a margin of 1.6 points.