Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 87
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 9 | |
| 1996 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 8 | |
| 1998 | 7 | |
| 1999 | 10 | |
| 2000 | 12 | |
| 2001 | 14 | |
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- DFB
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Birgit Prinz ranks #36 in Football
Birgit Prinz ranks 36th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 136th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 87. 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 1993–2011 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, 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 international goals 128, international caps 214, world cups 2, european championships 5.
Immediately ahead sits Toni Kroos on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Iker Casillas on 86.5. 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.
Birgit Prinz GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Prinz stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics87/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 87/100.
Top Prinz comparisons
Birgit Prinz — frequently asked
- Is Birgit Prinz the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Birgit Prinz ranks 36th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Birgit Prinz's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 87 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Birgit Prinz rank all time?
- 136th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Football.
- Birgit Prinz vs Toni Kroos: who ranks higher?
- Birgit Prinz, on 87.0 against Toni Kroos's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.