Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 50 | |
| 1949 | 31 | |
| 1950 | 27 | |
| 1951 | 27 | |
| 1952 | 25 | |
| 1953 | 31 | |
| 1954 | 24 | |
| 1955 | 21 | |
| 1956 | 33 | |
| 1957 | 21 | |
| 1958 | 26 | |
| 1959 | 22 | |
| 1960 | 12 | |
| 1961 | 11 | |
| 1962 | 7 | |
| 1963 | 5 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- RSSSF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ferenc Puskás ranks #8 in Football
Ferenc Puskás ranks 8th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 27th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 96. 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 1943–1966 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1948, which sets the Peak component at 94. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 625, international goals 84, european cups 3, league titles 10.
Immediately ahead sits Johan Cruyff on 92.9, a gap of 1.1 points. Directly behind is Mia Hamm on 91.4. 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.
Ferenc Puskás GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Puskás stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1948. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Puskás comparisons
Ferenc Puskás — frequently asked
- Is Ferenc Puskás the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ferenc Puskás ranks 8th in Football with a GOAT Score of 91.8, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Ferenc Puskás's GOAT Score?
- 91.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ferenc Puskás rank all time?
- 27th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Football.
- Ferenc Puskás vs Johan Cruyff: who ranks higher?
- Johan Cruyff, on 92.9 against Ferenc Puskás's 91.8 — a margin of 1.1 points.