Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 30 | |
| 1982 | 47 | |
| 1983 | 31 | |
| 1984 | 47 | |
| 1985 | 26 | |
| 1986 | 33 | |
| 1987 | 40 | |
| 1988 | 8 | |
| 1989 | 18 | |
| 1990 | 26 | |
| 1991 | 18 | |
| 1992 | 7 | |
| 1993 | 22 | |
| 1994 | 19 | |
| 1995 | 12 | |
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 0 |
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 Ian Rush ranks #53 in Football
Ian Rush ranks 53rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 158th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 1979–2000 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes liverpool goals 346, first division titles 5, european cup titles 1, fa cup titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Giorgio Chiellini on 85.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Hope Solo on 85.8. 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.
Ian Rush GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rush stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Rush comparisons
Ian Rush — frequently asked
- Is Ian Rush the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ian Rush ranks 53rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Ian Rush's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ian Rush rank all time?
- 158th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 53rd within Football.
- Ian Rush vs Giorgio Chiellini: who ranks higher?
- Ian Rush, on 85.8 against Giorgio Chiellini's 85.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.