Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 55 | |
| 1954 | 64 | |
| 1955 | 73 | |
| 1956 | 81 | |
| 1957 | 90 | |
| 1958 | 99 | |
| 1959 | 86 | |
| 1960 | 72 | |
| 1961 | 59 | |
| 1962 | 45 |
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 Just Fontaine ranks #292 in Football
Just Fontaine ranks 292nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 681st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 98, Longevity 62, Honours 82, Statistics 92. 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 1953–1962 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup goals in one tournament 13, world cup medals 1, french league titles 3, french top-scorer awards 3.
Immediately ahead sits Arturo Vidal on 83.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Cheryl Salisbury on 83.2. 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.
Just Fontaine GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fontaine stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Fontaine comparisons
Just Fontaine — frequently asked
- Is Just Fontaine the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Just Fontaine ranks 292nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.2, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Just Fontaine's GOAT Score?
- 83.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Just Fontaine rank all time?
- 681st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 292nd within Football.
- Just Fontaine vs Arturo Vidal: who ranks higher?
- Just Fontaine, on 83.2 against Arturo Vidal's 83.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.