Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 50 | |
| 1951 | 54 | |
| 1952 | 58 | |
| 1953 | 62 | |
| 1954 | 66 | |
| 1955 | 70 | |
| 1956 | 74 | |
| 1957 | 78 | |
| 1958 | 82 | |
| 1959 | 86 | |
| 1960 | 90 | |
| 1961 | 94 | |
| 1962 | 98 | |
| 1963 | 91 | |
| 1964 | 84 | |
| 1965 | 77 | |
| 1966 | 70 | |
| 1967 | 63 | |
| 1968 | 56 | |
| 1969 | 49 | |
| 1970 | 42 | |
| 1971 | 35 |
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 Lev Yashin ranks #16 in Football
Lev Yashin ranks 16th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 27th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 88, Honours 92, Statistics 88. 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 1950–1971 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ballon d'or awards 1, european championship titles 1, olympic gold medals 1, soviet league titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Rivaldo on 91.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Zico on 90.9. 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.
Lev Yashin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Yashin stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Lev Yashin — frequently asked
- Is Lev Yashin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lev Yashin ranks 16th in Football with a GOAT Score of 90.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Lev Yashin's GOAT Score?
- 90.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lev Yashin rank all time?
- 27th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 16th within Football.
- Lev Yashin vs Rivaldo: who ranks higher?
- Rivaldo, on 91.0 against Lev Yashin's 90.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.