Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 8 | |
| 1987 | 13 | |
| 1988 | 6 | |
| 1989 | 5 | |
| 1990 | 8 | |
| 1991 | 15 | |
| 1992 | 18 | |
| 1993 | 25 | |
| 1994 | 14 | |
| 1995 | 19 | |
| 1996 | 15 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eric Cantona ranks #127 in Football
Eric Cantona ranks 127th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 745th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 86, Longevity 74, Honours 78, Statistics 78. 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 1983–1997 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes league titles 5, premier league titles 4, fa cups 2, career goals 183.
Immediately ahead sits Patri Guijarro on 79.6, a gap of 1.3 points. Directly behind is Jean-Pierre Papin on 77.8. 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.
Eric Cantona GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cantona stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Cantona comparisons
Eric Cantona — frequently asked
- Is Eric Cantona the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eric Cantona ranks 127th in Football with a GOAT Score of 78.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Eric Cantona's GOAT Score?
- 78.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eric Cantona rank all time?
- 745th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 127th within Football.
- Eric Cantona vs Patri Guijarro: who ranks higher?
- Patri Guijarro, on 79.6 against Eric Cantona's 78.3 — a margin of 1.3 points.