Category profile
- Dominance
- 83
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 85
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 6 | |
| 1994 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- AFC
- JFA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Homare Sawa ranks #41 in Football
Homare Sawa ranks 41st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 160th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 83, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 85, Statistics 84. 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 1991–2015 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes international goals 83, international caps 205, world cups 1, world cup golden ball 1.
Immediately ahead sits Francesco Totti on 85.2, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Giuseppe Meazza on 87.2. 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.
Homare Sawa GOAT Score explained
- Dominance83/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sawa stood above the field while competing. Scored 83/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours85/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 85/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Sawa comparisons
Homare Sawa — frequently asked
- Is Homare Sawa the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Homare Sawa ranks 41st in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Homare Sawa's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 83 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 85 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Homare Sawa rank all time?
- 160th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Football.
- Homare Sawa vs Francesco Totti: who ranks higher?
- Homare Sawa, on 85.9 against Francesco Totti's 85.2 — a margin of 0.7 points.