Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 52 | |
| 2003 | 57 | |
| 2004 | 62 | |
| 2005 | 67 | |
| 2006 | 73 | |
| 2007 | 78 | |
| 2008 | 83 | |
| 2009 | 88 | |
| 2010 | 93 | |
| 2011 | 88 | |
| 2012 | 83 | |
| 2013 | 79 | |
| 2014 | 74 | |
| 2015 | 69 | |
| 2016 | 64 | |
| 2017 | 60 | |
| 2018 | 55 | |
| 2019 | 50 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA women's competition archives
- National federation statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Heather O'Reilly ranks #108 in Football
Heather O'Reilly ranks 108th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 191st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 89, Longevity 86, Honours 94, 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 2002–2019 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 89. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 3, world cup titles 1, united states caps 231, united states goals 47.
Immediately ahead sits Beth Mead on 86.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kelley O'Hara on 86.9. 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.
Heather O'Reilly GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far O'Reilly stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- 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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Heather O'Reilly — frequently asked
- Is Heather O'Reilly the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Heather O'Reilly ranks 108th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Heather O'Reilly's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Heather O'Reilly rank all time?
- 191st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 108th within Football.
- Heather O'Reilly vs Beth Mead: who ranks higher?
- Heather O'Reilly, on 86.9 against Beth Mead's 86.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.