Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lilian Thuram ranks #48 in Football
Lilian Thuram ranks 48th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 189th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 88, 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 1991–2008 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, european championship titles 1, france caps 142, serie a titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Cafu on 84.6, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Alessandro Del Piero on 84.5. 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.
Lilian Thuram GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Thuram stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Thuram comparisons
Lilian Thuram — frequently asked
- Is Lilian Thuram the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lilian Thuram ranks 48th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.1, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Lilian Thuram's GOAT Score?
- 85.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lilian Thuram rank all time?
- 189th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Football.
- Lilian Thuram vs Cafu: who ranks higher?
- Lilian Thuram, on 85.1 against Cafu's 84.6 — a margin of 0.5 points.