Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 50 | |
| 1947 | 56 | |
| 1948 | 62 | |
| 1949 | 67 | |
| 1950 | 73 | |
| 1951 | 79 | |
| 1952 | 85 | |
| 1953 | 90 | |
| 1954 | 96 | |
| 1955 | 88 | |
| 1956 | 80 | |
| 1957 | 72 | |
| 1958 | 64 | |
| 1959 | 56 | |
| 1960 | 48 | |
| 1961 | 40 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nils Liedholm ranks #141 in Football
Nils Liedholm ranks 141st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 281st 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 92, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 1946–1961 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1954, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, serie a titles 4, world cup finals 1, milan appearances 394.
Immediately ahead sits Homare Sawa on 85.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Steffi Jones on 85.9. 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.
Nils Liedholm GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Liedholm stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1954. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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.
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Nils Liedholm — frequently asked
- Is Nils Liedholm the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nils Liedholm ranks 141st in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Nils Liedholm's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nils Liedholm rank all time?
- 281st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 141st within Football.
- Nils Liedholm vs Homare Sawa: who ranks higher?
- Nils Liedholm, on 85.9 against Homare Sawa's 85.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.