Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 52 | |
| 2011 | 57 | |
| 2012 | 62 | |
| 2013 | 67 | |
| 2014 | 72 | |
| 2015 | 77 | |
| 2016 | 82 | |
| 2017 | 87 | |
| 2018 | 92 | |
| 2019 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 89 | |
| 2021 | 88 | |
| 2022 | 86 | |
| 2023 | 85 | |
| 2024 | 83 | |
| 2025 | 82 | |
| 2026 | 80 |
Data sources
- FIFA and UEFA official match records
- National federation archives
- Transfermarkt career statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Emil Forsberg ranks #287 in Football
Emil Forsberg ranks 287th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 671st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 86. 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 2010–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, 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 bundesliga assists leader awards 1, german cup titles 2, sweden caps 87, sweden goals 17.
Immediately ahead sits Allan Simonsen on 83.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ralf Edström on 83.3. 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.
Emil Forsberg GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Forsberg stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Emil Forsberg — frequently asked
- Is Emil Forsberg the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Emil Forsberg ranks 287th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Emil Forsberg's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Emil Forsberg rank all time?
- 671st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 287th within Football.
- Emil Forsberg vs Allan Simonsen: who ranks higher?
- Emil Forsberg, on 83.3 against Allan Simonsen's 83.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.