Category profile
- Dominance
- 93
- Peak
- 97
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 12 | |
| 1995 | 35 | |
| 1996 | 47 | |
| 1997 | 34 | |
| 1998 | 25 | |
| 1999 | 19 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 30 | |
| 2003 | 30 | |
| 2004 | 24 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 35 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- CBF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ronaldo Nazário ranks #10 in Football
Ronaldo Nazário ranks 10th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 34th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 93, Peak 97, Longevity 84, Honours 92, Statistics 94. 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 1993–2011 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 97. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 97 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 414, ballon d'or 2, world cups 2, world cup goals 15.
Immediately ahead sits Mia Hamm on 91.4, a gap of -0.6 points. Directly behind is Gianluigi Buffon on 89.0. 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.
Ronaldo Nazário GOAT Score explained
- Dominance93/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far R9 stood above the field while competing. Scored 93/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak97/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 97/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Ronaldo Nazário — frequently asked
- Is Ronaldo Nazário the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ronaldo Nazário ranks 10th in Football with a GOAT Score of 92.0, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Ronaldo Nazário's GOAT Score?
- 92.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 93 (25%), Peak 97 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ronaldo Nazário rank all time?
- 34th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Football.
- Ronaldo Nazário vs Mia Hamm: who ranks higher?
- Ronaldo Nazário, on 92.0 against Mia Hamm's 91.4 — a margin of 0.6 points.