Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 52 | |
| 1970 | 57 | |
| 1971 | 61 | |
| 1972 | 66 | |
| 1973 | 70 | |
| 1974 | 75 | |
| 1975 | 79 | |
| 1976 | 84 | |
| 1977 | 88 | |
| 1978 | 93 | |
| 1979 | 88 | |
| 1980 | 82 | |
| 1981 | 77 | |
| 1982 | 72 | |
| 1983 | 66 | |
| 1984 | 61 | |
| 1985 | 56 | |
| 1986 | 50 | |
| 1987 | 45 |
Data sources
- FIFA and UEFA official match records
- National federation archives
- Transfermarkt career statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bernard Lacombe ranks #113 in Football
Bernard Lacombe ranks 113th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 198th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 84, 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 1969–1987 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ligue 1 goals 255, european championship titles 1, ligue 1 top scorer awards 1, france caps 38.
Immediately ahead sits Jorginho on 86.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Marco van Basten on 86.7. 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.
Bernard Lacombe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lacombe stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Bernard Lacombe — frequently asked
- Is Bernard Lacombe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bernard Lacombe ranks 113th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Bernard Lacombe's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bernard Lacombe rank all time?
- 198th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 113th within Football.
- Bernard Lacombe vs Jorginho: who ranks higher?
- Bernard Lacombe, on 86.8 against Jorginho's 86.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.