Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 4 | |
| 1992 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 8 | |
| 1994 | 9 | |
| 1995 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 10 | |
| 1997 | 8 | |
| 1998 | 7 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 |
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 Rui Costa ranks #131 in Football
Rui Costa ranks 131st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 531st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 78. 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 1990–2008 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, 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 champions league titles 1, serie a titles 1, portugal caps 94, portugal goals 26.
Immediately ahead sits Radamel Falcao on 82.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Amandine Henry on 82.1. 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.
Rui Costa GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rui Costa 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 1996. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Rui Costa comparisons
Rui Costa — frequently asked
- Is Rui Costa the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rui Costa ranks 131st in Football with a GOAT Score of 82.1, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Rui Costa's GOAT Score?
- 82.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rui Costa rank all time?
- 531st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 131st within Football.
- Rui Costa vs Radamel Falcao: who ranks higher?
- Rui Costa, on 82.1 against Radamel Falcao's 82.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.