Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 93
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 27 | |
| 1948 | 13 | |
| 1949 | 24 | |
| 1950 | 19 | |
| 1951 | 22 | |
| 1952 | 27 | |
| 1953 | 29 | |
| 1954 | 25 | |
| 1955 | 24 | |
| 1956 | 31 | |
| 1957 | 19 | |
| 1958 | 23 | |
| 1959 | 27 | |
| 1960 | 21 | |
| 1961 | 16 | |
| 1962 | 11 | |
| 1963 | 11 | |
| 1964 | 4 |
Data sources
- UEFA
- LaLiga
- RSSSF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Alfredo Di Stéfano ranks #6 in Football
Alfredo Di Stéfano ranks 6th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 16th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 93, Statistics 93. 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 1945–1966 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1956, which sets the Peak component at 94. Dominance is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 25% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 511, ballon d'or 2, european cups 5, league titles 11.
Immediately ahead sits Franz Beckenbauer on 92.6, a gap of -0.3 points. Directly behind is Johan Cruyff on 92.9. 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.
Alfredo Di Stéfano GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Di Stéfano stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1956. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours93/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 93/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Di Stéfano comparisons
Alfredo Di Stéfano — frequently asked
- Is Alfredo Di Stéfano the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alfredo Di Stéfano ranks 6th in Football with a GOAT Score of 92.9, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Alfredo Di Stéfano's GOAT Score?
- 92.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 93 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alfredo Di Stéfano rank all time?
- 16th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Football.
- Alfredo Di Stéfano vs Franz Beckenbauer: who ranks higher?
- Alfredo Di Stéfano, on 92.9 against Franz Beckenbauer's 92.6 — a margin of 0.3 points.