Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 4 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- national federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fran Kirby ranks #122 in Football
Fran Kirby ranks 122nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 503rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 78, Honours 84, 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 2010–present with 15 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 european championship titles 1, women's super league titles 5, fwa women's footballer of the year awards 2, england caps 77.
Immediately ahead sits Hedvig Lindahl on 82.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Laurent Blanc on 82.2. 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.
Fran Kirby GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kirby 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.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Kirby comparisons
Fran Kirby — frequently asked
- Is Fran Kirby the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fran Kirby ranks 122nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 82.3, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Fran Kirby's GOAT Score?
- 82.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fran Kirby rank all time?
- 503rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 122nd within Football.
- Fran Kirby vs Hedvig Lindahl: who ranks higher?
- Fran Kirby, on 82.3 against Hedvig Lindahl's 82.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.