Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Franck Ribéry ranks #81 in Football
Franck Ribéry ranks 81st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 361st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 2000–2022 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, 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 champions league titles 1, bundesliga titles 9, uefa best player awards 1, france caps 81.
Immediately ahead sits Neymar Jr on 84.4, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Alain Giresse on 82.1. 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.
Franck Ribéry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ribéry 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 2011. 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.
- 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 Ribéry comparisons
Franck Ribéry — frequently asked
- Is Franck Ribéry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Franck Ribéry ranks 81st in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Franck Ribéry's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Franck Ribéry rank all time?
- 361st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 81st within Football.
- Franck Ribéry vs Neymar Jr: who ranks higher?
- Neymar Jr, on 84.4 against Franck Ribéry's 83.6 — a margin of 0.8 points.