Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 55 | |
| 2009 | 60 | |
| 2010 | 65 | |
| 2011 | 70 | |
| 2012 | 75 | |
| 2013 | 80 | |
| 2014 | 85 | |
| 2015 | 90 | |
| 2016 | 95 | |
| 2017 | 94 | |
| 2018 | 92 | |
| 2019 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 89 | |
| 2021 | 88 | |
| 2022 | 86 | |
| 2023 | 85 | |
| 2024 | 83 | |
| 2025 | 82 | |
| 2026 | 80 |
Data sources
- FIFA and UEFA official match records
- National federation archives
- Transfermarkt career statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Marco Verratti ranks #77 in Football
Marco Verratti ranks 77th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 128th of 4013 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 895 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2008–present with 19 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, ligue 1 titles 9, french cups 13, italy caps 65.
Immediately ahead sits Ousmane Dembélé on 87.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Marinette Pichon 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.
Marco Verratti GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Verratti 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: 18 years of competition and 19 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.
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Marco Verratti — frequently asked
- Is Marco Verratti the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Marco Verratti ranks 77th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Marco Verratti'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 Marco Verratti rank all time?
- 128th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 77th within Football.
- Marco Verratti vs Ousmane Dembélé: who ranks higher?
- Marco Verratti, on 87.7 against Ousmane Dembélé's 87.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.