Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | |
| 2012 | 54 | |
| 2013 | 58 | |
| 2014 | 62 | |
| 2015 | 66 | |
| 2016 | 70 | |
| 2017 | 74 | |
| 2018 | 78 | |
| 2019 | 82 | |
| 2020 | 86 | |
| 2021 | 90 | |
| 2022 | 94 | |
| 2023 | 93 | |
| 2024 | 92 | |
| 2025 | 91 | |
| 2026 | 90 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA women's competition archives
- National federation statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Esther González ranks #119 in Football
Esther González ranks 119th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 214th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 91, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 2011–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2022, which sets the Peak component at 91. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 91 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, nwsl golden boot awards 1, nwsl titles 1, liga f titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Sandra Paños on 86.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ronaldinho on 86.6. 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.
Esther González GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far González stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2022. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- 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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Esther González — frequently asked
- Is Esther González the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Esther González ranks 119th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Esther González's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Esther González rank all time?
- 214th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 119th within Football.
- Esther González vs Sandra Paños: who ranks higher?
- Esther González, on 86.7 against Sandra Paños's 86.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.