Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 52 | |
| 1995 | 56 | |
| 1996 | 59 | |
| 1997 | 63 | |
| 1998 | 66 | |
| 1999 | 70 | |
| 2000 | 74 | |
| 2001 | 77 | |
| 2002 | 81 | |
| 2003 | 84 | |
| 2004 | 88 | |
| 2005 | 91 | |
| 2006 | 95 | |
| 2007 | 90 | |
| 2008 | 86 | |
| 2009 | 81 | |
| 2010 | 77 | |
| 2011 | 72 | |
| 2012 | 68 | |
| 2013 | 63 | |
| 2014 | 59 | |
| 2015 | 54 | |
| 2016 | 50 | |
| 2017 | 45 |
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 Kelly Smith ranks #55 in Football
Kelly Smith ranks 55th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 86th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1994–2017 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes england caps 117, england goals 46, women's fa cup titles 5, league titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Wendie Renard on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Briana Scurry on 88.6. 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.
Kelly Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Kelly Smith — frequently asked
- Is Kelly Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kelly Smith ranks 55th in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Kelly Smith's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kelly Smith rank all time?
- 86th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Football.
- Kelly Smith vs Wendie Renard: who ranks higher?
- Kelly Smith, on 88.7 against Wendie Renard's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.