Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 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 Park Ji-sung ranks #184 in Football
Park Ji-sung ranks 184th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 827th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 82, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 74. 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 2000–2014 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 82. Honours 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 premier league titles 4, champions league titles 1, south korea caps 100, south korea goals 13.
Immediately ahead sits Patri Guijarro on 79.6, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Sophia Smith on 79.4. 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.
Park Ji-sung GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Park stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Park comparisons
Park Ji-sung — frequently asked
- Is Park Ji-sung the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Park Ji-sung ranks 184th in Football with a GOAT Score of 79.4, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Park Ji-sung's GOAT Score?
- 79.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Park Ji-sung rank all time?
- 827th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 184th within Football.
- Park Ji-sung vs Patri Guijarro: who ranks higher?
- Patri Guijarro, on 79.6 against Park Ji-sung's 79.4 — a margin of 0.2 points.