Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28 | |
| 1962 | 31 | |
| 1963 | 36 | |
| 1964 | 28 | |
| 1965 | 42 | |
| 1966 | 43 | |
| 1967 | 31 | |
| 1968 | 42 | |
| 1969 | 40 | |
| 1970 | 33 | |
| 1971 | 22 | |
| 1972 | 25 | |
| 1973 | 40 | |
| 1974 | 20 | |
| 1975 | 11 | |
| 1976 | 6 |
Data sources
- UEFA
- FIFA
- RSSSF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eusébio ranks #30 in Football
Eusébio ranks 30th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 119th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 91, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 93. 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 1960–1979 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 91. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 733, ballon d'or 1, european cups 1, league titles 11.
Immediately ahead sits Kenny Dalglish on 87.3, a gap of -0.9 points. Directly behind is Abby Wambach on 87.7. 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.
Eusébio GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Eusébio stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
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Eusébio — frequently asked
- Is Eusébio the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eusébio ranks 30th in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Eusébio's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eusébio rank all time?
- 119th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Football.
- Eusébio vs Kenny Dalglish: who ranks higher?
- Eusébio, on 88.2 against Kenny Dalglish's 87.3 — a margin of 0.9 points.