Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 24 | |
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 34 | |
| 2011 | 28 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
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 Radamel Falcao ranks #130 in Football
Radamel Falcao ranks 130th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 530th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 78, Statistics 86. 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 2005–2024 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes europa league titles 2, uefa super cup titles 1, colombia goals 36, colombia caps 105.
Immediately ahead sits Alain Giresse on 82.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Rui Costa on 82.1. 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.
Radamel Falcao GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Falcao stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Radamel Falcao — frequently asked
- Is Radamel Falcao the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Radamel Falcao ranks 130th in Football with a GOAT Score of 82.1, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Radamel Falcao's GOAT Score?
- 82.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Radamel Falcao rank all time?
- 530th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 130th within Football.
- Radamel Falcao vs Alain Giresse: who ranks higher?
- Radamel Falcao, on 82.1 against Alain Giresse's 82.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.