Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 19 | |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 24 | |
| 2007 | 33 | |
| 2008 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- RSSSF career records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fernando Torres ranks #84 in Football
Fernando Torres ranks 84th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 267th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 82. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 909 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2001–2019 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, european championship titles 2, euro golden boot 1, champions league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Philipp Lahm on 84.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kylian Mbappé on 84.3. 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.
Fernando Torres GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Torres stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Torres comparisons
Fernando Torres — frequently asked
- Is Fernando Torres the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fernando Torres ranks 84th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Fernando Torres's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fernando Torres rank all time?
- 267th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 84th within Football.
- Fernando Torres vs Philipp Lahm: who ranks higher?
- Fernando Torres, on 84.4 against Philipp Lahm's 84.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.