Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Data sources
- Bundesliga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bastian Schweinsteiger ranks #98 in Football
Bastian Schweinsteiger ranks 98th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 461st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 80. 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 2002–2019 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, 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 world cups 1, champions league titles 1, bundesliga titles 8, germany caps 121.
Immediately ahead sits David Beckham on 80.2, a gap of -1.7 points. Directly behind is Hugo Sánchez on 81.9. 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.
Bastian Schweinsteiger GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Schweinsteiger stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Schweinsteiger comparisons
Bastian Schweinsteiger — frequently asked
- Is Bastian Schweinsteiger the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bastian Schweinsteiger ranks 98th in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.9, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Bastian Schweinsteiger's GOAT Score?
- 81.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bastian Schweinsteiger rank all time?
- 461st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 98th within Football.
- Bastian Schweinsteiger vs David Beckham: who ranks higher?
- Bastian Schweinsteiger, on 81.9 against David Beckham's 80.2 — a margin of 1.7 points.