Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 29 | |
| 2012 | 25 | |
| 2013 | 31 | |
| 2014 | 32 | |
| 2015 | 49 | |
| 2016 | 40 | |
| 2017 | 28 | |
| 2018 | 22 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 8 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Edinson Cavani ranks #70 in Football
Edinson Cavani ranks 70th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 282nd of 1063 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 86, Longevity 86, Honours 82, Statistics 90. 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 2006–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, which sets the Peak component at 86. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ligue 1 titles 6, psg goals 200, uruguay goals 58, serie a goals 78.
Immediately ahead sits Wayne Rooney on 84.0, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Ricardo Zamora on 84.8. 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.
Edinson Cavani GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cavani 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 2015. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Edinson Cavani — frequently asked
- Is Edinson Cavani the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Edinson Cavani ranks 70th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Edinson Cavani's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Edinson Cavani rank all time?
- 282nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 70th within Football.
- Edinson Cavani vs Wayne Rooney: who ranks higher?
- Wayne Rooney, on 84.0 against Edinson Cavani's 83.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.