Category profile
- Dominance
- 89
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | |
| 2012 | 60 | |
| 2013 | 64 | |
| 2014 | 69 | |
| 2015 | 73 | |
| 2016 | 78 | |
| 2017 | 82 | |
| 2018 | 87 | |
| 2019 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 96 | |
| 2021 | 94 | |
| 2022 | 91 | |
| 2023 | 89 | |
| 2024 | 87 | |
| 2025 | 84 | |
| 2026 | 82 |
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 Sadio Mané ranks #26 in Football
Sadio Mané ranks 26th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 45th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 89, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 2011–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 1, premier league titles 1, africa cup of nations titles 1, african player of the year awards 2.
Immediately ahead sits Cristiane Rozeira on 89.9, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Alexia Putellas on 89.7. 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.
Sadio Mané GOAT Score explained
- Dominance89/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mané stood above the field while competing. Scored 89/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Mané comparisons
Sadio Mané — frequently asked
- Is Sadio Mané the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sadio Mané ranks 26th in Football with a GOAT Score of 89.8, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Sadio Mané's GOAT Score?
- 89.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 89 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sadio Mané rank all time?
- 45th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 26th within Football.
- Sadio Mané vs Cristiane Rozeira: who ranks higher?
- Cristiane Rozeira, on 89.9 against Sadio Mané's 89.8 — a margin of 0.1 points.