Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 50 | |
| 1984 | 55 | |
| 1985 | 59 | |
| 1986 | 64 | |
| 1987 | 69 | |
| 1988 | 74 | |
| 1989 | 78 | |
| 1990 | 83 | |
| 1991 | 88 | |
| 1992 | 92 | |
| 1993 | 97 | |
| 1994 | 88 | |
| 1995 | 80 | |
| 1996 | 71 | |
| 1997 | 63 | |
| 1998 | 54 | |
| 1999 | 45 | |
| 2000 | 37 | |
| 2001 | 28 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dejan Savićević ranks #199 in Football
Dejan Savićević ranks 199th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 402nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 895 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1983–2001 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 european cup titles 2, serie a titles 3, intercontinental cup titles 1, yugoslav league titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Paolo Rossi on 85.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gunnar Gren on 85.0. 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.
Dejan Savićević GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Savićević stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Savićević comparisons
Dejan Savićević — frequently asked
- Is Dejan Savićević the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dejan Savićević ranks 199th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Dejan Savićević's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dejan Savićević rank all time?
- 402nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 199th within Football.
- Dejan Savićević vs Paolo Rossi: who ranks higher?
- Dejan Savićević, on 85.0 against Paolo Rossi's 85.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.