Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 50 | |
| 1990 | 54 | |
| 1991 | 59 | |
| 1992 | 63 | |
| 1993 | 67 | |
| 1994 | 71 | |
| 1995 | 76 | |
| 1996 | 80 | |
| 1997 | 84 | |
| 1998 | 88 | |
| 1999 | 93 | |
| 2000 | 97 | |
| 2001 | 90 | |
| 2002 | 82 | |
| 2003 | 75 | |
| 2004 | 67 | |
| 2005 | 60 | |
| 2006 | 52 | |
| 2007 | 45 | |
| 2008 | 37 | |
| 2009 | 30 |
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 Luís Figo ranks #73 in Football
Luís Figo ranks 73rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 118th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 86. 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 1989–2009 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, 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 ballon d'or awards 1, fifa world player awards 1, champions league titles 1, la liga titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Ariane Hingst on 88.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Abby Wambach on 87.7. 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.
Luís Figo GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Figo stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Figo comparisons
Luís Figo — frequently asked
- Is Luís Figo the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Luís Figo ranks 73rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Luís Figo's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Luís Figo rank all time?
- 118th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 73rd within Football.
- Luís Figo vs Ariane Hingst: who ranks higher?
- Ariane Hingst, on 88.0 against Luís Figo's 87.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.