Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 12 | |
| 1997 | 15 | |
| 1998 | 18 | |
| 1999 | 20 | |
| 2000 | 23 | |
| 2001 | 22 | |
| 2002 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 18 | |
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 17 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 12 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Pauleta ranks #143 in Football
Pauleta ranks 143rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 576th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1993–2008 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 86. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes portugal goals 47, ligue 1 top scorer awards 2, psg goals 109, career club goals 300.
Immediately ahead sits Keira Walsh on 81.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Hernán Crespo on 81.7. 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.
Pauleta GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pauleta stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Pauleta comparisons
Pauleta — frequently asked
- Is Pauleta the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pauleta ranks 143rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.7, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Pauleta's GOAT Score?
- 81.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pauleta rank all time?
- 576th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 143rd within Football.
- Pauleta vs Keira Walsh: who ranks higher?
- Keira Walsh, on 81.8 against Pauleta's 81.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.