Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 9 | |
| 1982 | 6 | |
| 1983 | 8 | |
| 1984 | 16 | |
| 1985 | 11 | |
| 1986 | 14 | |
| 1987 | 9 | |
| 1988 | 6 | |
| 1989 | 16 | |
| 1990 | 9 | |
| 1991 | 7 | |
| 1992 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 8 | |
| 1994 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 |
Data sources
- Bundesliga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lothar Matthäus ranks #17 in Football
Lothar Matthäus ranks 17th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 56th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1979–2000 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 world cups 1, ballon d'or 1, fifa world player 1, bundesliga titles 7.
Immediately ahead sits Dani Alves on 88.2, a gap of -0.2 points. Directly behind is Robert Lewandowski on 88.8. 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.
Lothar Matthäus GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Matthäus stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Matthäus comparisons
Lothar Matthäus — frequently asked
- Is Lothar Matthäus the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lothar Matthäus ranks 17th in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Lothar Matthäus's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lothar Matthäus rank all time?
- 56th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Football.
- Lothar Matthäus vs Dani Alves: who ranks higher?
- Lothar Matthäus, on 88.4 against Dani Alves's 88.2 — a margin of 0.2 points.