Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 55 | |
| 1994 | 62 | |
| 1995 | 70 | |
| 1996 | 77 | |
| 1997 | 85 | |
| 1998 | 92 | |
| 1999 | 85 | |
| 2000 | 79 | |
| 2001 | 72 | |
| 2002 | 65 | |
| 2003 | 58 | |
| 2004 | 52 | |
| 2005 | 45 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA women's competition archives
- National federation statistics
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Shannon MacMillan ranks #240 in Football
Shannon MacMillan ranks 240th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 523rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 80, Honours 90, Statistics 84. 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 1993–2005 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 88. 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 world cup titles 1, olympic gold medals 1, united states caps 176, united states goals 60.
Immediately ahead sits Élodie Thomis on 84.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Lena Videkull on 84.2. 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.
Shannon MacMillan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far MacMillan stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top MacMillan comparisons
Shannon MacMillan — frequently asked
- Is Shannon MacMillan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Shannon MacMillan ranks 240th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.2, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Shannon MacMillan's GOAT Score?
- 84.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Shannon MacMillan rank all time?
- 523rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 240th within Football.
- Shannon MacMillan vs Élodie Thomis: who ranks higher?
- Shannon MacMillan, on 84.2 against Élodie Thomis's 84.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.