Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6 | |
| 1961 | 10 | |
| 1962 | 12 | |
| 1963 | 14 | |
| 1964 | 17 | |
| 1965 | 12 | |
| 1966 | 11 | |
| 1967 | 10 | |
| 1968 | 14 | |
| 1969 | 11 | |
| 1970 | 9 | |
| 1971 | 10 | |
| 1972 | 12 | |
| 1973 | 8 | |
| 1974 | 6 | |
| 1975 | 5 | |
| 1976 | 4 | |
| 1977 | 3 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gianni Rivera ranks #45 in Football
Gianni Rivera ranks 45th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 174th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 86, 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 1959–1979 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, 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 ballon d'or awards 1, european cups 2, serie a titles 3, italy caps 60.
Immediately ahead sits Roberto Carlos on 85.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Franco Baresi on 85.4. 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.
Gianni Rivera GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rivera stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Rivera comparisons
Gianni Rivera — frequently asked
- Is Gianni Rivera the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gianni Rivera ranks 45th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Gianni Rivera's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gianni Rivera rank all time?
- 174th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 45th within Football.
- Gianni Rivera vs Roberto Carlos: who ranks higher?
- Gianni Rivera, on 85.4 against Roberto Carlos's 85.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.