Category profile
- Dominance
- 85
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Data sources
- LaLiga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Luka Modrić ranks #27 in Football
Luka Modrić ranks 27th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 101st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 85, Peak 89, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 2003–present with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 89. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 6, ballon d'or 1, la liga titles 4, world cup medals 2.
Immediately ahead sits Sergio Ramos on 87.2, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Paco Gento on 87.6. 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.
Luka Modrić GOAT Score explained
- Dominance85/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Modrić stood above the field while competing. Scored 85/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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 Modrić comparisons
Luka Modrić — frequently asked
- Is Luka Modrić the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Luka Modrić ranks 27th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Luka Modrić's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 85 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Luka Modrić rank all time?
- 101st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 27th within Football.
- Luka Modrić vs Sergio Ramos: who ranks higher?
- Luka Modrić, on 87.3 against Sergio Ramos's 87.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.