Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 10 | |
| 1992 | 10 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 10 | |
| 1995 | 19 | |
| 1996 | 9 | |
| 1997 | 18 | |
| 1998 | 20 | |
| 1999 | 13 | |
| 2000 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 8 | |
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 5 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- US Soccer
- RSSSF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mia Hamm ranks #9 in Football
Mia Hamm ranks 9th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 28th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 93, Longevity 88, Honours 92, Statistics 92. 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 1987–2004 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes international goals 158, international caps 276, world cups 2, olympic golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Ferenc Puskás on 91.8, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Ronaldo Nazário on 92.0. 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.
Mia Hamm GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hamm stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Hamm comparisons
Mia Hamm — frequently asked
- Is Mia Hamm the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mia Hamm ranks 9th in Football with a GOAT Score of 91.4, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Mia Hamm's GOAT Score?
- 91.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mia Hamm rank all time?
- 28th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Football.
- Mia Hamm vs Ferenc Puskás: who ranks higher?
- Ferenc Puskás, on 91.8 against Mia Hamm's 91.4 — a margin of 0.4 points.