Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 30 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 28 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 42 | |
| 2016 | 43 | |
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 55 | |
| 2019 | 41 | |
| 2020 | 50 | |
| 2021 | 33 | |
| 2022 | 42 | |
| 2023 | 27 |
Data sources
- Bundesliga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Robert Lewandowski ranks #18 in Football
Robert Lewandowski ranks 18th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 65th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 86, Statistics 94. 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 2006–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 700, bundesliga goals 312, champions league titles 1, league titles 12.
Immediately ahead sits Lothar Matthäus on 88.4, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Xavi Hernández on 88.7. 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.
Robert Lewandowski GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lewandowski stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Robert Lewandowski — frequently asked
- Is Robert Lewandowski the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Robert Lewandowski ranks 18th in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Robert Lewandowski's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Robert Lewandowski rank all time?
- 65th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 18th within Football.
- Robert Lewandowski vs Lothar Matthäus: who ranks higher?
- Robert Lewandowski, on 88.8 against Lothar Matthäus's 88.4 — a margin of 0.4 points.