Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 50 | |
| 1969 | 58 | |
| 1970 | 66 | |
| 1971 | 74 | |
| 1972 | 81 | |
| 1973 | 89 | |
| 1974 | 97 | |
| 1975 | 93 | |
| 1976 | 89 | |
| 1977 | 85 | |
| 1978 | 81 | |
| 1979 | 77 | |
| 1980 | 73 | |
| 1981 | 69 | |
| 1982 | 65 | |
| 1983 | 60 | |
| 1984 | 56 | |
| 1985 | 52 | |
| 1986 | 48 | |
| 1987 | 44 | |
| 1988 | 40 | |
| 1989 | 36 | |
| 1990 | 32 | |
| 1991 | 28 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Johan Neeskens ranks #98 in Football
Johan Neeskens ranks 98th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 166th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 90, 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 1968–1991 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1974, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european cup titles 3, intercontinental cup titles 1, world cup finals 2, eredivisie titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Dino Zoff on 87.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Andrea Barzagli 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.
Johan Neeskens GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Neeskens stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1974. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Neeskens comparisons
Johan Neeskens — frequently asked
- Is Johan Neeskens the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Johan Neeskens ranks 98th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Johan Neeskens's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Johan Neeskens rank all time?
- 166th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 98th within Football.
- Johan Neeskens vs Dino Zoff: who ranks higher?
- Johan Neeskens, on 87.2 against Dino Zoff's 87.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.