Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 12 | |
| 1996 | 8 | |
| 1997 | 21 | |
| 1998 | 11 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 12 | |
| 2001 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 3 |
Data sources
- Serie A
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Alessandro Del Piero ranks #49 in Football
Alessandro Del Piero ranks 49th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 191st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 90, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1991–2014 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity 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 career goals 346, serie a titles 6, world cups 1, champions league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Lilian Thuram on 85.1, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Javier Zanetti on 83.0. 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.
Alessandro Del Piero GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Del Piero stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1997. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Del Piero comparisons
Alessandro Del Piero — frequently asked
- Is Alessandro Del Piero the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alessandro Del Piero ranks 49th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Alessandro Del Piero's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alessandro Del Piero rank all time?
- 191st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 49th within Football.
- Alessandro Del Piero vs Lilian Thuram: who ranks higher?
- Lilian Thuram, on 85.1 against Alessandro Del Piero's 84.5 — a margin of 0.6 points.