Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 11 | |
| 1996 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 7 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 8 | |
| 2001 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 |
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 Clarence Seedorf ranks #74 in Football
Clarence Seedorf ranks 74th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 227th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 84, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 80. 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 1992–2014 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 84. Longevity 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 4, netherlands caps 87, serie a titles 2, club world cup titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Samuel Eto'o on 84.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Arjen Robben on 84.8. 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.
Clarence Seedorf GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Seedorf stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Seedorf comparisons
Clarence Seedorf — frequently asked
- Is Clarence Seedorf the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Clarence Seedorf ranks 74th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Clarence Seedorf's GOAT Score?
- 84.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Clarence Seedorf rank all time?
- 227th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 74th within Football.
- Clarence Seedorf vs Samuel Eto'o: who ranks higher?
- Clarence Seedorf, on 84.9 against Samuel Eto'o's 84.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.