Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1 | |
| 1972 | 23 | |
| 1973 | 19 | |
| 1974 | 20 | |
| 1975 | 16 | |
| 1976 | 17 | |
| 1977 | 20 | |
| 1978 | 31 | |
| 1979 | 22 | |
| 1980 | 16 | |
| 1981 | 13 | |
| 1982 | 18 | |
| 1983 | 20 | |
| 1984 | 12 | |
| 1985 | 7 | |
| 1986 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kenny Dalglish ranks #29 in Football
Kenny Dalglish ranks 29th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 112th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 84. 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 1971–1990 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 88. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european cups 3, league titles 13, scotland caps 102, career goals 350.
Immediately ahead sits Paco Gento on 87.6, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Eusébio on 88.2. 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.
Kenny Dalglish GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dalglish stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Dalglish comparisons
Kenny Dalglish — frequently asked
- Is Kenny Dalglish the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kenny Dalglish ranks 29th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Kenny Dalglish's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kenny Dalglish rank all time?
- 112th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Football.
- Kenny Dalglish vs Paco Gento: who ranks higher?
- Paco Gento, on 87.6 against Kenny Dalglish's 87.3 — a margin of 0.3 points.