Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 50 | |
| 1980 | 57 | |
| 1981 | 63 | |
| 1982 | 70 | |
| 1983 | 76 | |
| 1984 | 83 | |
| 1985 | 89 | |
| 1986 | 96 | |
| 1987 | 90 | |
| 1988 | 84 | |
| 1989 | 77 | |
| 1990 | 71 | |
| 1991 | 65 | |
| 1992 | 59 | |
| 1993 | 52 | |
| 1994 | 46 | |
| 1995 | 40 |
Data sources
- FIFA and UEFA official match records
- National federation archives
- Transfermarkt career statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Igor Belanov ranks #160 in Football
Igor Belanov ranks 160th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 314th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 1979–1995 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ballon d'or awards 1, cup winners' cup titles 1, soviet league titles 2, soviet union caps 33.
Immediately ahead sits Sonny Anderson on 85.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Barbara Bonansea on 85.6. 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.
Igor Belanov GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Belanov stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Belanov comparisons
Igor Belanov — frequently asked
- Is Igor Belanov the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Igor Belanov ranks 160th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Igor Belanov's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Igor Belanov rank all time?
- 314th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 160th within Football.
- Igor Belanov vs Sonny Anderson: who ranks higher?
- Igor Belanov, on 85.6 against Sonny Anderson's 85.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.