Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 87
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 52 | |
| 2006 | 57 | |
| 2007 | 62 | |
| 2008 | 67 | |
| 2009 | 72 | |
| 2010 | 76 | |
| 2011 | 81 | |
| 2012 | 86 | |
| 2013 | 91 | |
| 2014 | 84 | |
| 2015 | 77 | |
| 2016 | 71 | |
| 2017 | 64 | |
| 2018 | 57 | |
| 2019 | 50 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA women's competition archives
- National federation statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Karen Carney ranks #270 in Football
Karen Carney ranks 270th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 612th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 87, Longevity 86, Honours 82, 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 2005–2019 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 87. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 87 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes england caps 144, world cup medals 1, league titles 4, women's fa cup titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Omar Sívori on 83.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Grace Geyoro on 83.6. 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.
Karen Carney GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carney stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak87/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 87/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Carney comparisons
Karen Carney — frequently asked
- Is Karen Carney the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Karen Carney ranks 270th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Karen Carney's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 87 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Karen Carney rank all time?
- 612th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 270th within Football.
- Karen Carney vs Omar Sívori: who ranks higher?
- Karen Carney, on 83.6 against Omar Sívori's 83.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.