Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 8 | |
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- national federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Christine Sinclair ranks #14 in Football
Christine Sinclair ranks 14th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 32nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 90, Longevity 94, Honours 84, Statistics 94. 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 2000–2023 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 international goals 190, canada caps 331, olympic gold medals 1, olympic bronze medals 2.
Immediately ahead sits Alexia Putellas on 89.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Aitana Bonmatí on 89.4. 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.
Christine Sinclair GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sinclair stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Sinclair comparisons
Christine Sinclair — frequently asked
- Is Christine Sinclair the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Christine Sinclair ranks 14th in Football with a GOAT Score of 89.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Christine Sinclair's GOAT Score?
- 89.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Christine Sinclair rank all time?
- 32nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Football.
- Christine Sinclair vs Alexia Putellas: who ranks higher?
- Christine Sinclair, on 89.7 against Alexia Putellas's 89.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.