Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 8 | |
| 1987 | 12 | |
| 1988 | 16 | |
| 1989 | 20 | |
| 1990 | 24 | |
| 1991 | 18 | |
| 1992 | 16 | |
| 1993 | 14 | |
| 1994 | 12 | |
| 1995 | 10 | |
| 1996 | 8 | |
| 1997 | 6 | |
| 1998 | 4 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Raí ranks #83 in Football
Raí ranks 83rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 365th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 82, 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 1984–2000 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1990, 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 cup titles 1, copa libertadores titles 2, intercontinental cups 2, ligue 1 titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Alain Giresse on 82.1, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Laurent Blanc on 82.2. 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.
Raí GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Raí stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1990. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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 Raí comparisons
Raí — frequently asked
- Is Raí the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Raí ranks 83rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Raí's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Raí rank all time?
- 365th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 83rd within Football.
- Raí vs Alain Giresse: who ranks higher?
- Raí, on 83.3 against Alain Giresse's 82.1 — a margin of 1.2 points.