Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 50 | |
| 1996 | 55 | |
| 1997 | 59 | |
| 1998 | 64 | |
| 1999 | 68 | |
| 2000 | 73 | |
| 2001 | 77 | |
| 2002 | 82 | |
| 2003 | 86 | |
| 2004 | 91 | |
| 2005 | 86 | |
| 2006 | 81 | |
| 2007 | 76 | |
| 2008 | 71 | |
| 2009 | 65 | |
| 2010 | 60 | |
| 2011 | 55 | |
| 2012 | 50 | |
| 2013 | 45 |
Data sources
- FIFA and UEFA official match records
- National federation archives
- Transfermarkt career statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Olof Mellberg ranks #337 in Football
Olof Mellberg ranks 337th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 890th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 86, Honours 78, 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 1995–2013 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes sweden caps 117, sweden goals 8, major tournaments 5, premier league appearances 230.
Immediately ahead sits Federico Chiesa on 82.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Solveig Gulbrandsen on 82.1. 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.
Olof Mellberg GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mellberg stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Mellberg comparisons
Olof Mellberg — frequently asked
- Is Olof Mellberg the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Olof Mellberg ranks 337th in Football with a GOAT Score of 82.1, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Olof Mellberg's GOAT Score?
- 82.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Olof Mellberg rank all time?
- 890th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 337th within Football.
- Olof Mellberg vs Federico Chiesa: who ranks higher?
- Olof Mellberg, on 82.1 against Federico Chiesa's 82.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.