Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 50 | |
| 1975 | 56 | |
| 1976 | 62 | |
| 1977 | 68 | |
| 1978 | 74 | |
| 1979 | 79 | |
| 1980 | 85 | |
| 1981 | 91 | |
| 1982 | 97 | |
| 1983 | 87 | |
| 1984 | 78 | |
| 1985 | 68 | |
| 1986 | 59 | |
| 1987 | 49 | |
| 1988 | 40 | |
| 1989 | 30 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sócrates ranks #207 in Football
Sócrates ranks 207th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 420th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 80, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 1974–1989 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes south american footballer of the year awards 1, brazilian league titles 2, brazil caps 60, brazil goals 22.
Immediately ahead sits Clarence Seedorf on 84.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sara Däbritz on 84.9. 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.
Sócrates GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sócrates stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Sócrates — frequently asked
- Is Sócrates the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sócrates ranks 207th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Sócrates's GOAT Score?
- 84.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sócrates rank all time?
- 420th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 207th within Football.
- Sócrates vs Clarence Seedorf: who ranks higher?
- Sócrates, on 84.9 against Clarence Seedorf's 84.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.