Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 20 | |
| 2004 | 24 | |
| 2005 | 29 | |
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 36 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 37 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- CAF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Samuel Eto'o ranks #68 in Football
Samuel Eto'o ranks 68th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 268th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 86, 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 1997–2019 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, 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 career goals 383, champions league titles 3, league titles 5, africa cup of nations 2.
Immediately ahead sits Carlos Bianchi on 85.2, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Wayne Rooney on 84.0. 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.
Samuel Eto'o GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Eto'o stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Eto'o comparisons
Samuel Eto'o — frequently asked
- Is Samuel Eto'o the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Samuel Eto'o ranks 68th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.9, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Samuel Eto'o's GOAT Score?
- 84.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Samuel Eto'o rank all time?
- 268th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 68th within Football.
- Samuel Eto'o vs Carlos Bianchi: who ranks higher?
- Carlos Bianchi, on 85.2 against Samuel Eto'o's 84.9 — a margin of 0.3 points.