Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 45 | |
| 1939 | 50 | |
| 1940 | 54 | |
| 1941 | 59 | |
| 1942 | 64 | |
| 1943 | 68 | |
| 1944 | 73 | |
| 1945 | 77 | |
| 1946 | 82 | |
| 1947 | 87 | |
| 1948 | 91 | |
| 1949 | 96 | |
| 1950 | 90 | |
| 1951 | 85 | |
| 1952 | 79 | |
| 1953 | 74 | |
| 1954 | 68 | |
| 1955 | 63 | |
| 1956 | 57 | |
| 1957 | 52 | |
| 1958 | 46 | |
| 1959 | 41 | |
| 1960 | 35 |
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 Gunnar Gren ranks #200 in Football
Gunnar Gren ranks 200th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 403rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 84, 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 1938–1960 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1949, 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 olympic gold medals 1, serie a titles 1, world cup finals 1, swedish league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Dejan Savićević on 85.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Lorenzo Insigne on 85.0. 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.
Gunnar Gren GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gren stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1949. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Gren comparisons
Gunnar Gren — frequently asked
- Is Gunnar Gren the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gunnar Gren ranks 200th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Gunnar Gren's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gunnar Gren rank all time?
- 403rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 200th within Football.
- Gunnar Gren vs Dejan Savićević: who ranks higher?
- Gunnar Gren, on 85.0 against Dejan Savićević's 85.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.