Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 55 | |
| 2010 | 59 | |
| 2011 | 64 | |
| 2012 | 68 | |
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 77 | |
| 2015 | 81 | |
| 2016 | 85 | |
| 2017 | 90 | |
| 2018 | 94 | |
| 2019 | 93 | |
| 2020 | 92 | |
| 2021 | 90 | |
| 2022 | 89 | |
| 2023 | 88 | |
| 2024 | 87 | |
| 2025 | 85 | |
| 2026 | 84 |
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 Romelu Lukaku ranks #84 in Football
Romelu Lukaku ranks 84th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 143rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 91, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 2009–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, which sets the Peak component at 91. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes belgium goals 89, belgium caps 124, serie a titles 1, career club goals 340.
Immediately ahead sits Henrik Larsson on 87.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bettina Wiegmann on 87.5. 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.
Romelu Lukaku GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lukaku stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Romelu Lukaku — frequently asked
- Is Romelu Lukaku the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Romelu Lukaku ranks 84th in Football with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Romelu Lukaku's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Romelu Lukaku rank all time?
- 143rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 84th within Football.
- Romelu Lukaku vs Henrik Larsson: who ranks higher?
- Romelu Lukaku, on 87.5 against Henrik Larsson's 87.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.