Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 50 | |
| 1950 | 55 | |
| 1951 | 60 | |
| 1952 | 66 | |
| 1953 | 71 | |
| 1954 | 76 | |
| 1955 | 81 | |
| 1956 | 87 | |
| 1957 | 92 | |
| 1958 | 97 | |
| 1959 | 90 | |
| 1960 | 83 | |
| 1961 | 76 | |
| 1962 | 69 | |
| 1963 | 63 | |
| 1964 | 56 | |
| 1965 | 49 | |
| 1966 | 42 | |
| 1967 | 35 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Raymond Kopa ranks #123 in Football
Raymond Kopa ranks 123rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 233rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 90, 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 1949–1967 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ballon d'or awards 1, european cup titles 3, french league titles 4, world cup medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Iker Casillas on 86.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Célia Šašić on 86.4. 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.
Raymond Kopa GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kopa stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Raymond Kopa — frequently asked
- Is Raymond Kopa the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Raymond Kopa ranks 123rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Raymond Kopa's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Raymond Kopa rank all time?
- 233rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 123rd within Football.
- Raymond Kopa vs Iker Casillas: who ranks higher?
- Iker Casillas, on 86.5 against Raymond Kopa's 86.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.