Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Claude Makélélé ranks #95 in Football
Claude Makélélé ranks 95th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 446th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 84, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 76. 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 1991–2011 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 84. Longevity 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 6, champions league titles 1, premier league titles 2, france caps 71.
Immediately ahead sits Dennis Bergkamp on 81.8, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Caroline Graham Hansen on 83.1. 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.
Claude Makélélé GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Makélélé stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- 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 Makélélé comparisons
Claude Makélélé — frequently asked
- Is Claude Makélélé the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Claude Makélélé ranks 95th in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.2, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Claude Makélélé's GOAT Score?
- 81.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Claude Makélélé rank all time?
- 446th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 95th within Football.
- Claude Makélélé vs Dennis Bergkamp: who ranks higher?
- Dennis Bergkamp, on 81.8 against Claude Makélélé's 81.2 — a margin of 0.6 points.