Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 50 | |
| 1983 | 54 | |
| 1984 | 59 | |
| 1985 | 63 | |
| 1986 | 67 | |
| 1987 | 71 | |
| 1988 | 76 | |
| 1989 | 80 | |
| 1990 | 84 | |
| 1991 | 88 | |
| 1992 | 93 | |
| 1993 | 97 | |
| 1994 | 89 | |
| 1995 | 80 | |
| 1996 | 72 | |
| 1997 | 64 | |
| 1998 | 55 | |
| 1999 | 47 | |
| 2000 | 38 | |
| 2001 | 30 |
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 Gheorghe Hagi ranks #135 in Football
Gheorghe Hagi ranks 135th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 266th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 1982–2001 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes uefa cup titles 1, uefa super cup titles 1, romanian league titles 4, romania caps 124.
Immediately ahead sits Vivianne Miedema on 86.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Shannon Boxx on 86.1. 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.
Gheorghe Hagi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hagi stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Hagi comparisons
Gheorghe Hagi — frequently asked
- Is Gheorghe Hagi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gheorghe Hagi ranks 135th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.1, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Gheorghe Hagi's GOAT Score?
- 86.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gheorghe Hagi rank all time?
- 266th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 135th within Football.
- Gheorghe Hagi vs Vivianne Miedema: who ranks higher?
- Gheorghe Hagi, on 86.1 against Vivianne Miedema's 86.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.