Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 50 | |
| 2006 | 54 | |
| 2007 | 58 | |
| 2008 | 61 | |
| 2009 | 65 | |
| 2010 | 69 | |
| 2011 | 73 | |
| 2012 | 77 | |
| 2013 | 81 | |
| 2014 | 84 | |
| 2015 | 88 | |
| 2016 | 92 | |
| 2017 | 91 | |
| 2018 | 90 | |
| 2019 | 88 | |
| 2020 | 87 | |
| 2021 | 86 | |
| 2022 | 85 | |
| 2023 | 84 | |
| 2024 | 82 | |
| 2025 | 81 | |
| 2026 | 80 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA women's competition archives
- National federation statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nadia Nadim ranks #146 in Football
Nadia Nadim ranks 146th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 287th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 89, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 2005–present with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 89. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 89 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 1, european championship finals 1, denmark caps 105, denmark goals 40.
Immediately ahead sits Sara Gama on 85.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Thierry Henry on 85.8. 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.
Nadia Nadim GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nadim stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Nadim comparisons
Nadia Nadim — frequently asked
- Is Nadia Nadim the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nadia Nadim ranks 146th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Nadia Nadim's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nadia Nadim rank all time?
- 287th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 146th within Football.
- Nadia Nadim vs Sara Gama: who ranks higher?
- Nadia Nadim, on 85.9 against Sara Gama's 85.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.