Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 14 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 20 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 3 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Miroslav Klose ranks #66 in Football
Miroslav Klose ranks 66th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 264th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 86, 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 1999–2016 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup goals 16, world cup titles 1, germany goals 71, career club goals 260.
Immediately ahead sits Roberto Baggio on 84.9, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Carlos Bianchi on 85.2. 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.
Miroslav Klose GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Klose stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Klose comparisons
Miroslav Klose — frequently asked
- Is Miroslav Klose the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Miroslav Klose ranks 66th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.6, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Miroslav Klose's GOAT Score?
- 84.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Miroslav Klose rank all time?
- 264th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 66th within Football.
- Miroslav Klose vs Roberto Baggio: who ranks higher?
- Roberto Baggio, on 84.9 against Miroslav Klose's 84.6 — a margin of 0.3 points.