Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 50 | |
| 1989 | 55 | |
| 1990 | 59 | |
| 1991 | 64 | |
| 1992 | 68 | |
| 1993 | 73 | |
| 1994 | 78 | |
| 1995 | 82 | |
| 1996 | 87 | |
| 1997 | 91 | |
| 1998 | 96 | |
| 1999 | 88 | |
| 2000 | 80 | |
| 2001 | 71 | |
| 2002 | 63 | |
| 2003 | 55 | |
| 2004 | 47 | |
| 2005 | 38 | |
| 2006 | 30 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bixente Lizarazu ranks #163 in Football
Bixente Lizarazu ranks 163rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 322nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 92, Statistics 82. 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 1988–2006 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 90. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, european championship titles 1, champions league titles 1, bundesliga titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Bebeto on 85.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kurt Hamrin on 85.5. 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.
Bixente Lizarazu GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lizarazu stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Lizarazu comparisons
Bixente Lizarazu — frequently asked
- Is Bixente Lizarazu the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bixente Lizarazu ranks 163rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.5, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Bixente Lizarazu's GOAT Score?
- 85.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bixente Lizarazu rank all time?
- 322nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 163rd within Football.
- Bixente Lizarazu vs Bebeto: who ranks higher?
- Bixente Lizarazu, on 85.5 against Bebeto's 85.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.