Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 85
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 24 | |
| 2005 | 28 | |
| 2006 | 32 | |
| 2007 | 34 | |
| 2008 | 38 | |
| 2009 | 40 | |
| 2010 | 42 | |
| 2011 | 40 | |
| 2012 | 38 | |
| 2013 | 36 | |
| 2014 | 34 | |
| 2015 | 30 | |
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 10 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- LaLiga
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Andrés Iniesta ranks #21 in Football
Andrés Iniesta ranks 21st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 74th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 91, Longevity 88, Honours 91, Statistics 85. 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 2002–2024 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 91. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 91 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes appearances 900, champions league titles 4, league titles 9, world cups 1.
Immediately ahead sits Zlatan Ibrahimović on 87.3, a gap of -1.5 points. Directly behind is Gerd Müller on 89.3. 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.
Andrés Iniesta GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Iniesta stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics85/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 85/100.
Top Iniesta comparisons
Andrés Iniesta — frequently asked
- Is Andrés Iniesta the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Andrés Iniesta ranks 21st in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Andrés Iniesta's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 85 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Andrés Iniesta rank all time?
- 74th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Football.
- Andrés Iniesta vs Zlatan Ibrahimović: who ranks higher?
- Andrés Iniesta, on 88.8 against Zlatan Ibrahimović's 87.3 — a margin of 1.5 points.