Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 8 | |
| 1996 | 9 | |
| 1997 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 13 | |
| 2002 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 19 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 0 |
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 Robert Pirès ranks #108 in Football
Robert Pirès ranks 108th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 385th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 80. 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 1992–2015 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak 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 world cup titles 1, european championship titles 1, premier league titles 2, fwa footballer of the year awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Ellen White on 83.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Arturo Vidal on 83.2. 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.
Robert Pirès GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pirès stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Pirès comparisons
Robert Pirès — frequently asked
- Is Robert Pirès the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Robert Pirès ranks 108th in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.2, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Robert Pirès's GOAT Score?
- 83.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Robert Pirès rank all time?
- 385th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 108th within Football.
- Robert Pirès vs Ellen White: who ranks higher?
- Ellen White, on 83.3 against Robert Pirès's 83.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.