Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 18 | |
| 1966 | 20 | |
| 1967 | 22 | |
| 1968 | 24 | |
| 1969 | 26 | |
| 1970 | 28 | |
| 1971 | 30 | |
| 1972 | 32 | |
| 1973 | 30 | |
| 1974 | 28 | |
| 1975 | 28 | |
| 1976 | 26 | |
| 1977 | 24 | |
| 1978 | 22 | |
| 1979 | 20 | |
| 1980 | 18 | |
| 1981 | 16 | |
| 1982 | 12 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dino Zoff ranks #24 in Football
Dino Zoff ranks 24th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 84th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1961–1983 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, serie a titles 6, italy caps 112, serie a appearances 570.
Immediately ahead sits Ryan Giggs on 86.2, a gap of -1.0 points. Directly behind is Alexia Putellas on 89.7. 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.
Dino Zoff GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zoff stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Zoff comparisons
Dino Zoff — frequently asked
- Is Dino Zoff the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dino Zoff ranks 24th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Dino Zoff's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dino Zoff rank all time?
- 84th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within Football.
- Dino Zoff vs Ryan Giggs: who ranks higher?
- Dino Zoff, on 87.2 against Ryan Giggs's 86.2 — a margin of 1.0 points.