Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 87
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 50 | |
| 1997 | 54 | |
| 1998 | 58 | |
| 1999 | 62 | |
| 2000 | 66 | |
| 2001 | 71 | |
| 2002 | 75 | |
| 2003 | 79 | |
| 2004 | 83 | |
| 2005 | 87 | |
| 2006 | 91 | |
| 2007 | 86 | |
| 2008 | 82 | |
| 2009 | 77 | |
| 2010 | 73 | |
| 2011 | 68 | |
| 2012 | 63 | |
| 2013 | 59 | |
| 2014 | 54 | |
| 2015 | 50 | |
| 2016 | 45 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA women's competition archives
- National federation statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Rachel Yankey ranks #252 in Football
Rachel Yankey ranks 252nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 558th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 87, Longevity 88, Honours 82, Statistics 84. 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 1996–2016 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 87. Longevity 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 england caps 129, england goals 19, uefa cup titles 1, league titles 8.
Immediately ahead sits Enzo Fernández on 84.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kheira Hamraoui on 84.0. 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.
Rachel Yankey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Yankey stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak87/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 87/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Yankey comparisons
Rachel Yankey — frequently asked
- Is Rachel Yankey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rachel Yankey ranks 252nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Rachel Yankey's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 87 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rachel Yankey rank all time?
- 558th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 252nd within Football.
- Rachel Yankey vs Enzo Fernández: who ranks higher?
- Rachel Yankey, on 84.0 against Enzo Fernández's 84.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.