Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 95
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 55 | |
| 1992 | 60 | |
| 1993 | 66 | |
| 1994 | 71 | |
| 1995 | 76 | |
| 1996 | 81 | |
| 1997 | 87 | |
| 1998 | 92 | |
| 1999 | 97 | |
| 2000 | 94 | |
| 2001 | 91 | |
| 2002 | 87 | |
| 2003 | 84 | |
| 2004 | 81 | |
| 2005 | 78 | |
| 2006 | 74 | |
| 2007 | 71 | |
| 2008 | 68 | |
| 2009 | 65 | |
| 2010 | 61 | |
| 2011 | 58 | |
| 2012 | 55 | |
| 2013 | 52 | |
| 2014 | 48 | |
| 2015 | 45 |
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 Rivaldo ranks #15 in Football
Rivaldo ranks 15th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 26th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 95, Longevity 88, Honours 92, Statistics 90. 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 1991–2015 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 95. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes ballon d'or awards 1, world cup titles 1, fifa world player awards 1, champions league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Hege Riise on 91.4, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Lev Yashin on 90.9. 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.
Rivaldo GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rivaldo stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak95/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 95/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Rivaldo comparisons
Rivaldo — frequently asked
- Is Rivaldo the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rivaldo ranks 15th in Football with a GOAT Score of 91.0, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Rivaldo's GOAT Score?
- 91.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 95 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rivaldo rank all time?
- 26th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 15th within Football.
- Rivaldo vs Hege Riise: who ranks higher?
- Hege Riise, on 91.4 against Rivaldo's 91.0 — a margin of 0.4 points.