Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 21 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 10 |
Data sources
- Bundesliga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Manuel Neuer ranks #33 in Football
Manuel Neuer ranks 33rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 128th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 88, 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 2006–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak 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 world cups 1, champions league titles 2, bundesliga titles 12, clean sheets 400.
Immediately ahead sits Thomas Müller on 86.2, a gap of -0.6 points. Directly behind is Michel Platini on 88.1. 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.
Manuel Neuer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Neuer stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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 Neuer comparisons
Manuel Neuer — frequently asked
- Is Manuel Neuer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Manuel Neuer ranks 33rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Manuel Neuer's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Manuel Neuer rank all time?
- 128th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 33rd within Football.
- Manuel Neuer vs Thomas Müller: who ranks higher?
- Manuel Neuer, on 86.8 against Thomas Müller's 86.2 — a margin of 0.6 points.