Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 45 | |
| 2009 | 50 | |
| 2010 | 48 | |
| 2011 | 52 | |
| 2012 | 49 | |
| 2013 | 47 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 46 | |
| 2016 | 48 | |
| 2017 | 45 | |
| 2018 | 44 | |
| 2019 | 42 | |
| 2020 | 40 | |
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 24 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sergio Busquets ranks #53 in Football
Sergio Busquets ranks 53rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 217th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 86, Longevity 86, Honours 90, 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 2008–present with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, which sets the Peak component at 86. Honours 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 champions league titles 3, la liga titles 9, world cup titles 1, european championships 1.
Immediately ahead sits Peter Schmeichel on 85.3, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Frank Lampard on 84.4. 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.
Sergio Busquets GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Busquets stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
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Sergio Busquets — frequently asked
- Is Sergio Busquets the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sergio Busquets ranks 53rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 85.1, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Sergio Busquets's GOAT Score?
- 85.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sergio Busquets rank all time?
- 217th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 53rd within Football.
- Sergio Busquets vs Peter Schmeichel: who ranks higher?
- Peter Schmeichel, on 85.3 against Sergio Busquets's 85.1 — a margin of 0.2 points.