Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 15 | |
| 1985 | 16 | |
| 1986 | 19 | |
| 1987 | 15 | |
| 1988 | 13 | |
| 1989 | 14 | |
| 1990 | 16 | |
| 1991 | 11 | |
| 1992 | 20 | |
| 1993 | 29 | |
| 1994 | 15 | |
| 1995 | 15 | |
| 1996 | 9 | |
| 1997 | 6 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jürgen Klinsmann ranks #74 in Football
Jürgen Klinsmann ranks 74th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 296th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 1981–1998 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak 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 world cup titles 1, european championship titles 1, uefa cup titles 2, germany goals 47.
Immediately ahead sits Arjen Robben on 84.8, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is David Trezeguet on 83.9. 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.
Jürgen Klinsmann GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Klinsmann stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Klinsmann comparisons
Jürgen Klinsmann — frequently asked
- Is Jürgen Klinsmann the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jürgen Klinsmann ranks 74th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Jürgen Klinsmann's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jürgen Klinsmann rank all time?
- 296th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 74th within Football.
- Jürgen Klinsmann vs Arjen Robben: who ranks higher?
- Arjen Robben, on 84.8 against Jürgen Klinsmann's 84.0 — a margin of 0.8 points.