Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 10 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 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 Hidetoshi Nakata ranks #200 in Football
Hidetoshi Nakata ranks 200th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1143rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 82, Longevity 72, Honours 78, Statistics 74. 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 1995–2006 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 82. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 82 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes asian footballer of the year awards 2, serie a titles 1, japan caps 77, japan goals 11.
Immediately ahead sits Trinity Rodman on 77.1, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Tomáš Rosický on 76.4. 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.
Hidetoshi Nakata GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nakata stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Nakata comparisons
Hidetoshi Nakata — frequently asked
- Is Hidetoshi Nakata the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hidetoshi Nakata ranks 200th in Football with a GOAT Score of 76.5, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Hidetoshi Nakata's GOAT Score?
- 76.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hidetoshi Nakata rank all time?
- 1143rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 200th within Football.
- Hidetoshi Nakata vs Trinity Rodman: who ranks higher?
- Trinity Rodman, on 77.1 against Hidetoshi Nakata's 76.5 — a margin of 0.6 points.