Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 13 | |
| 1995 | 12 | |
| 1996 | 12 | |
| 1997 | 12 | |
| 1998 | 16 | |
| 1999 | 22 | |
| 2000 | 26 | |
| 2001 | 13 | |
| 2002 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 10 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- RSSSF career records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Hernán Crespo ranks #144 in Football
Hernán Crespo ranks 144th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 578th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 80, Honours 78, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 909 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1993–2012 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes serie a top scorer awards 1, serie a goals 153, copa libertadores titles 1, argentina caps 64.
Immediately ahead sits Pauleta on 81.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Youri Djorkaeff on 81.6. 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.
Hernán Crespo GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Crespo stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Crespo comparisons
Hernán Crespo — frequently asked
- Is Hernán Crespo the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hernán Crespo ranks 144th in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Hernán Crespo's GOAT Score?
- 81.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hernán Crespo rank all time?
- 578th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 144th within Football.
- Hernán Crespo vs Pauleta: who ranks higher?
- Hernán Crespo, on 81.7 against Pauleta's 81.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.