Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why John Terry ranks #111 in Football
John Terry ranks 111th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 547th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 82, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 1998–2018 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 82. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes premier league titles 5, champions league titles 1, fa cups 5, appearances 717.
Immediately ahead sits Roy Keane on 81.3, a gap of 1.4 points. Directly behind is Michael Laudrup on 80.7. 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.
John Terry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Terry stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Terry comparisons
John Terry — frequently asked
- Is John Terry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. John Terry ranks 111th in Football with a GOAT Score of 79.9, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is John Terry's GOAT Score?
- 79.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does John Terry rank all time?
- 547th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 111th within Football.
- John Terry vs Roy Keane: who ranks higher?
- Roy Keane, on 81.3 against John Terry's 79.9 — a margin of 1.4 points.