Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 |
Data sources
- Serie A
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Andrea Pirlo ranks #51 in Football
Andrea Pirlo ranks 51st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 211th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1995–2017 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, 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 world cups 1, champions league titles 2, serie a titles 6, career goals 73.
Immediately ahead sits Javier Zanetti on 83.0, a gap of -2.1 points. Directly behind is Peter Schmeichel on 85.3. 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.
Andrea Pirlo GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pirlo stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Pirlo comparisons
Andrea Pirlo — frequently asked
- Is Andrea Pirlo the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Andrea Pirlo ranks 51st in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.1, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Andrea Pirlo's GOAT Score?
- 85.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Andrea Pirlo rank all time?
- 211th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 51st within Football.
- Andrea Pirlo vs Javier Zanetti: who ranks higher?
- Andrea Pirlo, on 85.1 against Javier Zanetti's 83.0 — a margin of 2.1 points.