Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 8 | |
| 2000 | 10 | |
| 2001 | 12 | |
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 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 Deco ranks #91 in Football
Deco ranks 91st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 290th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 86, 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 1997–2013 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, 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 champions league titles 2, uefa cup titles 1, la liga titles 2, primeira liga titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Marta Torrejón on 84.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Thiago Silva on 84.1. 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.
Deco GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Deco 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 2001. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Deco comparisons
Deco — frequently asked
- Is Deco the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Deco ranks 91st in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.2, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Deco's GOAT Score?
- 84.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Deco rank all time?
- 290th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 91st within Football.
- Deco vs Marta Torrejón: who ranks higher?
- Deco, on 84.2 against Marta Torrejón's 84.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.