Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 19 | |
| 1996 | 21 | |
| 1997 | 21 | |
| 1998 | 25 | |
| 1999 | 24 | |
| 2000 | 24 | |
| 2001 | 20 | |
| 2002 | 19 | |
| 2003 | 23 | |
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 4 |
Data sources
- LaLiga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Raúl González ranks #43 in Football
Raúl González ranks 43rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 169th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 1994–2015 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 86. 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 champions league titles 3, la liga titles 6, career goals 400, champions league goals 71.
Immediately ahead sits Giuseppe Meazza on 87.2, a gap of 1.9 points. Directly behind is Roberto Carlos on 85.4. 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.
Raúl González GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Raúl stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Raúl González — frequently asked
- Is Raúl González the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Raúl González ranks 43rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Raúl González's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Raúl González rank all time?
- 169th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Football.
- Raúl González vs Giuseppe Meazza: who ranks higher?
- Giuseppe Meazza, on 87.2 against Raúl González's 85.3 — a margin of 1.9 points.