Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 50 | |
| 1974 | 55 | |
| 1975 | 61 | |
| 1976 | 66 | |
| 1977 | 72 | |
| 1978 | 77 | |
| 1979 | 83 | |
| 1980 | 88 | |
| 1981 | 94 | |
| 1982 | 99 | |
| 1983 | 85 | |
| 1984 | 71 | |
| 1985 | 58 | |
| 1986 | 44 | |
| 1987 | 30 |
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 Paolo Rossi ranks #198 in Football
Paolo Rossi ranks 198th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 401st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 98, Longevity 70, Honours 90, Statistics 86. 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 1973–1987 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup titles 1, world cup golden boot awards 1, ballon d'or awards 1, european cup titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Alessandro Nesta on 85.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dejan Savićević on 85.0. 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.
Paolo Rossi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rossi stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Rossi comparisons
Paolo Rossi — frequently asked
- Is Paolo Rossi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Paolo Rossi ranks 198th in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Paolo Rossi's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Paolo Rossi rank all time?
- 401st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 198th within Football.
- Paolo Rossi vs Alessandro Nesta: who ranks higher?
- Paolo Rossi, on 85.0 against Alessandro Nesta's 85.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.