Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 50 | |
| 1986 | 54 | |
| 1987 | 59 | |
| 1988 | 63 | |
| 1989 | 67 | |
| 1990 | 72 | |
| 1991 | 76 | |
| 1992 | 81 | |
| 1993 | 85 | |
| 1994 | 89 | |
| 1995 | 94 | |
| 1996 | 98 | |
| 1997 | 64 | |
| 1998 | 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 Matthias Sammer ranks #256 in Football
Matthias Sammer ranks 256th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 569th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 72, Honours 88, 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 1985–1998 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes european championship titles 1, ballon d'or awards 1, champions league titles 1, bundesliga titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits David Trezeguet on 83.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Gary Lineker on 83.9. 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.
Matthias Sammer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sammer stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Sammer comparisons
Matthias Sammer — frequently asked
- Is Matthias Sammer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Matthias Sammer ranks 256th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Matthias Sammer's GOAT Score?
- 83.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Matthias Sammer rank all time?
- 569th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 256th within Football.
- Matthias Sammer vs David Trezeguet: who ranks higher?
- Matthias Sammer, on 83.9 against David Trezeguet's 83.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.