Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 50 | |
| 1993 | 55 | |
| 1994 | 60 | |
| 1995 | 66 | |
| 1996 | 71 | |
| 1997 | 76 | |
| 1998 | 81 | |
| 1999 | 87 | |
| 2000 | 92 | |
| 2001 | 97 | |
| 2002 | 91 | |
| 2003 | 86 | |
| 2004 | 80 | |
| 2005 | 75 | |
| 2006 | 69 | |
| 2007 | 64 | |
| 2008 | 58 | |
| 2009 | 52 | |
| 2010 | 47 | |
| 2011 | 41 | |
| 2012 | 36 | |
| 2013 | 30 |
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 Henrik Larsson ranks #83 in Football
Henrik Larsson ranks 83rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 142nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 1992–2013 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, 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 champions league titles 1, scottish league titles 4, european golden shoe awards 1, career goals 415.
Immediately ahead sits Kadeisha Buchanan on 87.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Romelu Lukaku on 87.5. 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.
Henrik Larsson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Larsson stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Larsson comparisons
Henrik Larsson — frequently asked
- Is Henrik Larsson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Henrik Larsson ranks 83rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Henrik Larsson's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Henrik Larsson rank all time?
- 142nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 83rd within Football.
- Henrik Larsson vs Kadeisha Buchanan: who ranks higher?
- Kadeisha Buchanan, on 87.6 against Henrik Larsson's 87.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.