Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 50 | |
| 1988 | 55 | |
| 1989 | 60 | |
| 1990 | 65 | |
| 1991 | 70 | |
| 1992 | 74 | |
| 1993 | 79 | |
| 1994 | 84 | |
| 1995 | 89 | |
| 1996 | 94 | |
| 1997 | 88 | |
| 1998 | 81 | |
| 1999 | 75 | |
| 2000 | 68 | |
| 2001 | 62 | |
| 2002 | 56 | |
| 2003 | 49 | |
| 2004 | 43 | |
| 2005 | 36 | |
| 2006 | 30 |
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 Diego Simeone ranks #262 in Football
Diego Simeone ranks 262nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 585th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 82. 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 1987–2006 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes copa américa titles 2, la liga titles 1, serie a titles 1, uefa cup titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Zvonimir Boban on 83.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sandrine Soubeyrand on 83.8. 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.
Diego Simeone GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Simeone stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Simeone comparisons
Diego Simeone — frequently asked
- Is Diego Simeone the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Diego Simeone ranks 262nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Diego Simeone's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Diego Simeone rank all time?
- 585th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 262nd within Football.
- Diego Simeone vs Zvonimir Boban: who ranks higher?
- Diego Simeone, on 83.8 against Zvonimir Boban's 83.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.