Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 55 | |
| 1988 | 60 | |
| 1989 | 65 | |
| 1990 | 70 | |
| 1991 | 75 | |
| 1992 | 80 | |
| 1993 | 85 | |
| 1994 | 90 | |
| 1995 | 95 | |
| 1996 | 88 | |
| 1997 | 80 | |
| 1998 | 73 | |
| 1999 | 65 | |
| 2000 | 58 | |
| 2001 | 50 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA women's competition archives
- National federation statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Linda Medalen ranks #41 in Football
Linda Medalen ranks 41st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 65th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 93, Longevity 84, 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 1987–2001 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, olympic gold medals 1, norway caps 152, norway goals 64.
Immediately ahead sits Michelle Akers on 89.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Andriy Shevchenko on 88.9. 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.
Linda Medalen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Medalen stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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.
Top Medalen comparisons
Linda Medalen — frequently asked
- Is Linda Medalen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Linda Medalen ranks 41st in Football with a GOAT Score of 89.0, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Linda Medalen's GOAT Score?
- 89.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Linda Medalen rank all time?
- 65th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Football.
- Linda Medalen vs Michelle Akers: who ranks higher?
- Linda Medalen, on 89.0 against Michelle Akers's 89.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.