Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 6 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kevin De Bruyne ranks #56 in Football
Kevin De Bruyne ranks 56th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 232nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 2008–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak 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 premier league titles 6, champions league titles 1, premier league assists 119, pfa player of the year 2.
Immediately ahead sits Thierry Henry on 85.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Uwe Seeler on 84.3. 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.
Kevin De Bruyne GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far De Bruyne stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Kevin De Bruyne — frequently asked
- Is Kevin De Bruyne the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kevin De Bruyne ranks 56th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.7, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Kevin De Bruyne's GOAT Score?
- 85.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kevin De Bruyne rank all time?
- 232nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 56th within Football.
- Kevin De Bruyne vs Thierry Henry: who ranks higher?
- Thierry Henry, on 85.8 against Kevin De Bruyne's 85.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.