Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 8 | |
| 1996 | 12 | |
| 1997 | 14 | |
| 1998 | 10 | |
| 1999 | 7 | |
| 2000 | 12 | |
| 2001 | 14 | |
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- RSSSF career records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nuno Gomes ranks #195 in Football
Nuno Gomes ranks 195th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 981st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 80, Longevity 84, Honours 74, Statistics 78. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 909 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1994–2015 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1997, which sets the Peak component at 80. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes primeira liga titles 1, portugal caps 79, portugal goals 29, benfica goals 166.
Immediately ahead sits Jean-Pierre Papin on 77.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Andrei Arshavin on 77.6. 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.
Nuno Gomes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gomes stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1997. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Gomes comparisons
Nuno Gomes — frequently asked
- Is Nuno Gomes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nuno Gomes ranks 195th in Football with a GOAT Score of 77.8, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Nuno Gomes's GOAT Score?
- 77.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nuno Gomes rank all time?
- 981st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 195th within Football.
- Nuno Gomes vs Jean-Pierre Papin: who ranks higher?
- Nuno Gomes, on 77.8 against Jean-Pierre Papin's 77.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.