Category profile
- Dominance
- 89
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 95
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 33 | |
| 1966 | 28 | |
| 1967 | 38 | |
| 1968 | 30 | |
| 1969 | 38 | |
| 1970 | 36 | |
| 1971 | 40 | |
| 1972 | 36 | |
| 1973 | 30 | |
| 1974 | 22 | |
| 1975 | 26 | |
| 1976 | 28 | |
| 1977 | 24 | |
| 1978 | 16 | |
| 1979 | 12 | |
| 1980 | 19 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- Bundesliga
- DFB
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gerd Müller ranks #22 in Football
Gerd Müller ranks 22nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 81st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 89, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 95. 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 1963–1981 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1971, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 735, bundesliga goals 365, world cups 1, european cups 3.
Immediately ahead sits Andrés Iniesta on 88.8, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Ryan Giggs on 86.2. 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.
Gerd Müller GOAT Score explained
- Dominance89/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Müller stood above the field while competing. Scored 89/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1971. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics95/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 95/100.
Top Müller comparisons
Gerd Müller — frequently asked
- Is Gerd Müller the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gerd Müller ranks 22nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 89.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Gerd Müller's GOAT Score?
- 89.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 89 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 95 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gerd Müller rank all time?
- 81st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Football.
- Gerd Müller vs Andrés Iniesta: who ranks higher?
- Gerd Müller, on 89.3 against Andrés Iniesta's 88.8 — a margin of 0.5 points.