Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 30 | |
| 2005 | 32 | |
| 2006 | 33 | |
| 2007 | 31 | |
| 2008 | 34 | |
| 2009 | 33 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 34 | |
| 2012 | 33 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 22 |
Data sources
- Bundesliga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Philipp Lahm ranks #63 in Football
Philipp Lahm ranks 63rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 253rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 82. 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 2002–2017 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cups 1, champions league titles 1, bundesliga titles 8, germany caps 113.
Immediately ahead sits Gunnar Nordahl on 86.6, a gap of 2.2 points. Directly behind is Thiago Silva on 84.1. 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.
Philipp Lahm GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lahm stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
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Philipp Lahm — frequently asked
- Is Philipp Lahm the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Philipp Lahm ranks 63rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Philipp Lahm's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Philipp Lahm rank all time?
- 253rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 63rd within Football.
- Philipp Lahm vs Gunnar Nordahl: who ranks higher?
- Gunnar Nordahl, on 86.6 against Philipp Lahm's 84.4 — a margin of 2.2 points.