Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 44 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 31 | |
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 29 | |
| 2024 | 34 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- CAF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mohamed Salah ranks #86 in Football
Mohamed Salah ranks 86th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 394th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 90. 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 2010–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2017, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 360, champions league titles 1, premier league titles 2, premier league golden boots 3.
Immediately ahead sits Garrincha on 84.9, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Youri Djorkaeff on 81.6. 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.
Mohamed Salah GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Salah stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2017. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Salah comparisons
Mohamed Salah — frequently asked
- Is Mohamed Salah the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mohamed Salah ranks 86th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Mohamed Salah's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mohamed Salah rank all time?
- 394th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 86th within Football.
- Mohamed Salah vs Garrincha: who ranks higher?
- Garrincha, on 84.9 against Mohamed Salah's 84.0 — a margin of 0.9 points.