Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18 | |
| 2001 | 26 | |
| 2002 | 30 | |
| 2003 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 27 | |
| 2005 | 25 | |
| 2006 | 23 | |
| 2007 | 22 | |
| 2008 | 26 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 24 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 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 Ricardo Carvalho ranks #118 in Football
Ricardo Carvalho ranks 118th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 463rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 76. 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 2000–2017 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 2, premier league titles 3, la liga titles 1, primeira liga titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Mariona Caldentey on 82.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Safet Sušić on 82.4. 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.
Ricardo Carvalho GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carvalho stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
Top Carvalho comparisons
Ricardo Carvalho — frequently asked
- Is Ricardo Carvalho the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ricardo Carvalho ranks 118th in Football with a GOAT Score of 82.6, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Ricardo Carvalho's GOAT Score?
- 82.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ricardo Carvalho rank all time?
- 463rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 118th within Football.
- Ricardo Carvalho vs Mariona Caldentey: who ranks higher?
- Ricardo Carvalho, on 82.6 against Mariona Caldentey's 82.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.