Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 85
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 20 | |
| 1956 | 14 | |
| 1957 | 18 | |
| 1958 | 17 | |
| 1959 | 19 | |
| 1960 | 21 | |
| 1961 | 16 | |
| 1962 | 20 | |
| 1963 | 14 | |
| 1964 | 12 | |
| 1965 | 9 | |
| 1966 | 8 | |
| 1967 | 6 | |
| 1968 | 4 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- CBF
- RSSSF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Garrincha ranks #85 in Football
Garrincha ranks 85th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 388th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 93, Longevity 76, Honours 85, Statistics 84. 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 1953–1972 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 250, world cups 2, world cup golden ball 1, state titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Laurent Blanc on 82.2, a gap of -2.7 points. Directly behind is Mohamed Salah on 84.0. 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.
Garrincha GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Garrincha stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1960. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours85/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 85/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Garrincha — frequently asked
- Is Garrincha the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Garrincha ranks 85th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.9, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Garrincha's GOAT Score?
- 84.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 85 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Garrincha rank all time?
- 388th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 85th within Football.
- Garrincha vs Laurent Blanc: who ranks higher?
- Garrincha, on 84.9 against Laurent Blanc's 82.2 — a margin of 2.7 points.