Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | |
| 1989 | 8 | |
| 1990 | 25 | |
| 1991 | 29 | |
| 1992 | 26 | |
| 1993 | 11 | |
| 1994 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 16 | |
| 1996 | 12 | |
| 1997 | 22 | |
| 1998 | 16 | |
| 1999 | 12 | |
| 2000 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 9 | |
| 2002 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 2 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dennis Bergkamp ranks #94 in Football
Dennis Bergkamp ranks 94th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 442nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 82. 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 1986–2006 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes premier league titles 3, fa cups 4, career goals 258, netherlands caps 79.
Immediately ahead sits Pierre Littbarski on 81.2, a gap of -0.6 points. Directly behind is Claude Makélélé on 81.2. 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.
Dennis Bergkamp GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bergkamp stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Bergkamp comparisons
Dennis Bergkamp — frequently asked
- Is Dennis Bergkamp the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dennis Bergkamp ranks 94th in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Dennis Bergkamp's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dennis Bergkamp rank all time?
- 442nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 94th within Football.
- Dennis Bergkamp vs Pierre Littbarski: who ranks higher?
- Dennis Bergkamp, on 81.8 against Pierre Littbarski's 81.2 — a margin of 0.6 points.