Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | |
| 2001 | 14 | |
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 15 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 18 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 19 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 6 |
Data sources
- LaLiga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Iker Casillas ranks #37 in Football
Iker Casillas ranks 37th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 137th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 82. 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 1999–2020 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 88. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 3, world cups 1, european championships 2, la liga titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Birgit Prinz on 87.0, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Giorgio Chiellini on 85.8. 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.
Iker Casillas GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Casillas stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Casillas comparisons
Iker Casillas — frequently asked
- Is Iker Casillas the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Iker Casillas ranks 37th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Iker Casillas's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Iker Casillas rank all time?
- 137th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Football.
- Iker Casillas vs Birgit Prinz: who ranks higher?
- Birgit Prinz, on 87.0 against Iker Casillas's 86.5 — a margin of 0.5 points.