Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 20 | |
| 2008 | 28 | |
| 2009 | 31 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 34 | |
| 2012 | 32 | |
| 2013 | 35 | |
| 2014 | 33 | |
| 2015 | 30 | |
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 26 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 6 |
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 Jan Vertonghen ranks #167 in Football
Jan Vertonghen ranks 167th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 686th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 80, Longevity 88, Honours 78, Statistics 80. 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 2006–2025 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 80. Longevity 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 belgium caps 157, eredivisie titles 3, world cup bronze medals 1, premier league appearances 236.
Immediately ahead sits Mapi León on 80.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Marek Hamšík on 80.6. 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.
Jan Vertonghen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Vertonghen stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
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Jan Vertonghen — frequently asked
- Is Jan Vertonghen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jan Vertonghen ranks 167th in Football with a GOAT Score of 80.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Jan Vertonghen's GOAT Score?
- 80.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jan Vertonghen rank all time?
- 686th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 167th within Football.
- Jan Vertonghen vs Mapi León: who ranks higher?
- Jan Vertonghen, on 80.7 against Mapi León's 80.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.