Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dani Alves ranks #16 in Football
Dani Alves ranks 16th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 55th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 86, Longevity 92, Honours 94, 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 2001–2023 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 86. Honours 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 career trophies 43, champions league titles 3, league titles 12, copa américa titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Wendie Renard on 88.7, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Lothar Matthäus on 88.4. 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.
Dani Alves GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Alves stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Alves comparisons
Dani Alves — frequently asked
- Is Dani Alves the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dani Alves ranks 16th in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Dani Alves's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dani Alves rank all time?
- 55th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 16th within Football.
- Dani Alves vs Wendie Renard: who ranks higher?
- Wendie Renard, on 88.7 against Dani Alves's 88.2 — a margin of 0.5 points.