Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 20 | |
| 2013 | 22 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 25 | |
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 19 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 14 | |
| 2025 | 10 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- national federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lucy Bronze ranks #30 in Football
Lucy Bronze ranks 30th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 67th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 909 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2009–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european championship titles 1, champions league titles 5, uefa women's player of the year awards 1, england caps 135.
Immediately ahead sits Abby Wambach on 87.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Paco Gento on 87.6. 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.
Lucy Bronze GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bronze 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 2016. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Bronze comparisons
Lucy Bronze — frequently asked
- Is Lucy Bronze the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lucy Bronze ranks 30th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Lucy Bronze's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lucy Bronze rank all time?
- 67th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Football.
- Lucy Bronze vs Abby Wambach: who ranks higher?
- Lucy Bronze, on 87.7 against Abby Wambach's 87.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.