Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8 | |
| 1991 | 10 | |
| 1992 | 11 | |
| 1993 | 12 | |
| 1994 | 14 | |
| 1995 | 16 | |
| 1996 | 15 | |
| 1997 | 17 | |
| 1998 | 19 | |
| 1999 | 18 | |
| 2000 | 17 | |
| 2001 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 15 | |
| 2003 | 14 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 8 |
Data sources
- Bundesliga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Oliver Kahn ranks #77 in Football
Oliver Kahn ranks 77th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 320th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 82, Statistics 82. 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 1987–2008 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 1, bundesliga titles 8, world cup golden ball 1, germany caps 86.
Immediately ahead sits Marco van Basten on 86.7, a gap of 3.2 points. Directly behind is Steven Gerrard on 83.4. 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.
Oliver Kahn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kahn stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Kahn comparisons
Oliver Kahn — frequently asked
- Is Oliver Kahn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Oliver Kahn ranks 77th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Oliver Kahn's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Oliver Kahn rank all time?
- 320th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 77th within Football.
- Oliver Kahn vs Marco van Basten: who ranks higher?
- Marco van Basten, on 86.7 against Oliver Kahn's 83.5 — a margin of 3.2 points.