Category profile
- Dominance
- 85
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 58 | |
| 2019 | 65 | |
| 2020 | 73 | |
| 2021 | 80 | |
| 2022 | 88 | |
| 2023 | 95 | |
| 2024 | 94 | |
| 2025 | 93 | |
| 2026 | 92 |
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 Julián Álvarez ranks #157 in Football
Julián Álvarez ranks 157th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 311th 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 85, Peak 91, Longevity 76, Honours 90, Statistics 86. 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 2018–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, 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 world cup titles 1, champions league titles 1, premier league titles 2, copa américa titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Denis Law on 85.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Robert Prosinečki 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.
Julián Álvarez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance85/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Álvarez stood above the field while competing. Scored 85/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2023. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Julián Álvarez — frequently asked
- Is Julián Álvarez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Julián Álvarez ranks 157th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Julián Álvarez's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 85 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Julián Álvarez rank all time?
- 311th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 157th within Football.
- Julián Álvarez vs Denis Law: who ranks higher?
- Julián Álvarez, on 85.6 against Denis Law's 85.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.