Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 83
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 17 | |
| 2004 | 19 | |
| 2005 | 16 | |
| 2006 | 33 | |
| 2007 | 15 | |
| 2008 | 29 | |
| 2009 | 37 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- CAF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Didier Drogba ranks #117 in Football
Didier Drogba ranks 117th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 584th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 78, Honours 80, Statistics 83. 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 1998–2018 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 324, champions league titles 1, premier league titles 4, african player of the year 2.
Immediately ahead sits Michael Ballack on 80.5, a gap of -0.3 points. Directly behind is Gabriel Batistuta on 80.2. 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.
Didier Drogba GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Drogba stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics83/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 83/100.
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Didier Drogba — frequently asked
- Is Didier Drogba the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Didier Drogba ranks 117th in Football with a GOAT Score of 80.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Didier Drogba's GOAT Score?
- 80.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 83 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Didier Drogba rank all time?
- 584th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 117th within Football.
- Didier Drogba vs Michael Ballack: who ranks higher?
- Didier Drogba, on 80.8 against Michael Ballack's 80.5 — a margin of 0.3 points.