Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 50 | |
| 1995 | 54 | |
| 1996 | 59 | |
| 1997 | 63 | |
| 1998 | 67 | |
| 1999 | 72 | |
| 2000 | 76 | |
| 2001 | 80 | |
| 2002 | 84 | |
| 2003 | 89 | |
| 2004 | 93 | |
| 2005 | 88 | |
| 2006 | 83 | |
| 2007 | 79 | |
| 2008 | 74 | |
| 2009 | 69 | |
| 2010 | 64 | |
| 2011 | 59 | |
| 2012 | 55 | |
| 2013 | 50 | |
| 2014 | 45 |
Data sources
- FIFA and UEFA official match records
- National federation archives
- Transfermarkt career statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gianluca Zambrotta ranks #125 in Football
Gianluca Zambrotta ranks 125th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 236th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, 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 1994–2014 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, serie a titles 2, la liga titles 1, italy caps 98.
Immediately ahead sits Célia Šašić on 86.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Griedge Mbock on 86.4. 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.
Gianluca Zambrotta GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zambrotta stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 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.
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Gianluca Zambrotta — frequently asked
- Is Gianluca Zambrotta the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gianluca Zambrotta ranks 125th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Gianluca Zambrotta's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gianluca Zambrotta rank all time?
- 236th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 125th within Football.
- Gianluca Zambrotta vs Célia Šašić: who ranks higher?
- Gianluca Zambrotta, on 86.4 against Célia Šašić's 86.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.