Category profile
- Dominance
- 87
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 87
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 21 | |
| 2000 | 14 | |
| 2001 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 22 | |
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 4 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- CBF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ronaldinho ranks #60 in Football
Ronaldinho ranks 60th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 243rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 87, Peak 93, Longevity 78, Honours 88, Statistics 87. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 875 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1998–2015 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 289, ballon d'or 1, world cups 1, champions league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Sandro Mazzola on 84.6, a gap of -2.0 points. Directly behind is Paul Scholes on 83.9. 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.
Ronaldinho GOAT Score explained
- Dominance87/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ronaldinho stood above the field while competing. Scored 87/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics87/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 87/100.
Top Ronaldinho comparisons
Ronaldinho — frequently asked
- Is Ronaldinho the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ronaldinho ranks 60th in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.6, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Ronaldinho's GOAT Score?
- 86.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 87 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 87 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ronaldinho rank all time?
- 243rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 60th within Football.
- Ronaldinho vs Sandro Mazzola: who ranks higher?
- Ronaldinho, on 86.6 against Sandro Mazzola's 84.6 — a margin of 2.0 points.