Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 50 | |
| 1957 | 55 | |
| 1958 | 60 | |
| 1959 | 64 | |
| 1960 | 69 | |
| 1961 | 74 | |
| 1962 | 79 | |
| 1963 | 84 | |
| 1964 | 88 | |
| 1965 | 93 | |
| 1966 | 98 | |
| 1967 | 90 | |
| 1968 | 83 | |
| 1969 | 75 | |
| 1970 | 68 | |
| 1971 | 60 | |
| 1972 | 53 | |
| 1973 | 45 | |
| 1974 | 38 | |
| 1975 | 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 Bobby Charlton ranks #24 in Football
Bobby Charlton ranks 24th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 43rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 94, Statistics 88. 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 1956–1975 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 world cup titles 1, ballon d'or awards 1, european cup titles 1, england goals 49.
Immediately ahead sits Patrizia Panico on 90.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Cristiane Rozeira on 89.9. 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.
Bobby Charlton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Charlton stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Charlton comparisons
Bobby Charlton — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Charlton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Charlton ranks 24th in Football with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Bobby Charlton's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Charlton rank all time?
- 43rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within Football.
- Bobby Charlton vs Patrizia Panico: who ranks higher?
- Patrizia Panico, on 90.0 against Bobby Charlton's 89.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.