Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 45 | |
| 1938 | 48 | |
| 1939 | 52 | |
| 1940 | 55 | |
| 1941 | 58 | |
| 1942 | 62 | |
| 1943 | 65 | |
| 1944 | 68 | |
| 1945 | 72 | |
| 1946 | 75 | |
| 1947 | 78 | |
| 1948 | 81 | |
| 1949 | 85 | |
| 1950 | 88 | |
| 1951 | 91 | |
| 1952 | 95 | |
| 1953 | 98 | |
| 1954 | 88 | |
| 1955 | 79 | |
| 1956 | 69 | |
| 1957 | 59 | |
| 1958 | 50 | |
| 1959 | 40 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Fritz Walter ranks #115 in Football
Fritz Walter ranks 115th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 207th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 895 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1937–1959 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1953, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, german championships 1, germany caps 61, germany goals 33.
Immediately ahead sits Marco van Basten on 86.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Paulo Dybala on 86.7. 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.
Fritz Walter GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Walter stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1953. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Walter comparisons
Fritz Walter — frequently asked
- Is Fritz Walter the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Fritz Walter ranks 115th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Fritz Walter's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Fritz Walter rank all time?
- 207th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 115th within Football.
- Fritz Walter vs Marco van Basten: who ranks higher?
- Fritz Walter, on 86.7 against Marco van Basten's 86.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.