Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 52 | |
| 1971 | 60 | |
| 1972 | 68 | |
| 1973 | 77 | |
| 1974 | 85 | |
| 1975 | 93 | |
| 1976 | 86 | |
| 1977 | 80 | |
| 1978 | 73 | |
| 1979 | 67 | |
| 1980 | 60 | |
| 1981 | 53 | |
| 1982 | 47 | |
| 1983 | 40 |
Data sources
- FIFA and UEFA official match records
- National federation archives
- Transfermarkt career statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ralf Edström ranks #288 in Football
Ralf Edström ranks 288th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 672nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1970–1983 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1975, 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 world cup appearances 2, eredivisie titles 2, uefa cup titles 1, sweden goals 21.
Immediately ahead sits Emil Forsberg on 83.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Giulia Gwinn on 83.3. 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.
Ralf Edström GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Edström 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 1975. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Edström comparisons
Ralf Edström — frequently asked
- Is Ralf Edström the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ralf Edström ranks 288th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Ralf Edström's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ralf Edström rank all time?
- 672nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 288th within Football.
- Ralf Edström vs Emil Forsberg: who ranks higher?
- Ralf Edström, on 83.3 against Emil Forsberg's 83.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.