Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 12 | |
| 2000 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Roy Keane ranks #110 in Football
Roy Keane ranks 110th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 536th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 80, Honours 82, Statistics 78. 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 1990–2006 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes premier league titles 7, champions league titles 1, fa cups 4, appearances 626.
Immediately ahead sits Sam Kerr on 82.1, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is John Terry on 79.9. 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.
Roy Keane GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Keane stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Keane comparisons
Roy Keane — frequently asked
- Is Roy Keane the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Roy Keane ranks 110th in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Roy Keane's GOAT Score?
- 81.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Roy Keane rank all time?
- 536th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 110th within Football.
- Roy Keane vs Sam Kerr: who ranks higher?
- Sam Kerr, on 82.1 against Roy Keane's 81.3 — a margin of 0.8 points.