Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 50 | |
| 1982 | 55 | |
| 1983 | 58 | |
| 1984 | 57 | |
| 1985 | 49 | |
| 1986 | 54 | |
| 1987 | 48 | |
| 1988 | 38 | |
| 1989 | 43 | |
| 1990 | 40 | |
| 1991 | 30 | |
| 1992 | 32 | |
| 1993 | 28 | |
| 1994 | 20 | |
| 1995 | 12 | |
| 1996 | 8 | |
| 1997 | 4 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- RSSSF career records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bruce Grobbelaar ranks #162 in Football
Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 162nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 667th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 82, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 76. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 909 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1979–1998 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, which sets the Peak component at 82. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes first division titles 6, european cup titles 1, fa cup titles 3, liverpool appearances 628.
Immediately ahead sits Nwankwo Kanu on 80.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bruno Fernandes on 80.9. 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.
Bruce Grobbelaar GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Grobbelaar stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
Top Grobbelaar comparisons
Bruce Grobbelaar — frequently asked
- Is Bruce Grobbelaar the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bruce Grobbelaar ranks 162nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 80.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Bruce Grobbelaar's GOAT Score?
- 80.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bruce Grobbelaar rank all time?
- 667th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 162nd within Football.
- Bruce Grobbelaar vs Nwankwo Kanu: who ranks higher?
- Bruce Grobbelaar, on 80.9 against Nwankwo Kanu's 80.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.