Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Giorgio Chiellini ranks #38 in Football
Giorgio Chiellini ranks 38th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 142nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 90, Honours 88, 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 2000–2023 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity 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 european championship titles 1, serie a titles 9, coppa italia titles 5, italy caps 117.
Immediately ahead sits Iker Casillas on 86.5, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Aitana Bonmatí on 89.4. 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.
Giorgio Chiellini GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Chiellini stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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.
Top Chiellini comparisons
Giorgio Chiellini — frequently asked
- Is Giorgio Chiellini the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Giorgio Chiellini ranks 38th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Giorgio Chiellini's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Giorgio Chiellini rank all time?
- 142nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Football.
- Giorgio Chiellini vs Iker Casillas: who ranks higher?
- Iker Casillas, on 86.5 against Giorgio Chiellini's 85.8 — a margin of 0.7 points.