Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 18 | |
| 1943 | 27 | |
| 1944 | 32 | |
| 1945 | 43 | |
| 1946 | 26 | |
| 1947 | 35 | |
| 1948 | 27 | |
| 1949 | 35 | |
| 1950 | 34 | |
| 1951 | 26 | |
| 1952 | 23 | |
| 1953 | 16 | |
| 1954 | 14 | |
| 1955 | 8 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gunnar Nordahl ranks #62 in Football
Gunnar Nordahl ranks 62nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 248th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1940–1958 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1945, 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 serie a top scorer awards 5, serie a goals 225, olympic golds 1, sweden goals 43.
Immediately ahead sits Paul Scholes on 83.9, a gap of -2.7 points. Directly behind is Philipp Lahm on 84.4. 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.
Gunnar Nordahl GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nordahl stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1945. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Nordahl comparisons
Gunnar Nordahl — frequently asked
- Is Gunnar Nordahl the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gunnar Nordahl ranks 62nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.6, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Gunnar Nordahl's GOAT Score?
- 86.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gunnar Nordahl rank all time?
- 248th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 62nd within Football.
- Gunnar Nordahl vs Paul Scholes: who ranks higher?
- Gunnar Nordahl, on 86.6 against Paul Scholes's 83.9 — a margin of 2.7 points.