Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 50 | |
| 1991 | 55 | |
| 1992 | 61 | |
| 1993 | 66 | |
| 1994 | 71 | |
| 1995 | 77 | |
| 1996 | 82 | |
| 1997 | 87 | |
| 1998 | 93 | |
| 1999 | 98 | |
| 2000 | 88 | |
| 2001 | 79 | |
| 2002 | 69 | |
| 2003 | 59 | |
| 2004 | 49 | |
| 2005 | 40 | |
| 2006 | 30 |
Data sources
- FIFA Women's World Cup records
- UEFA Women's competition archives
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sun Wen ranks #43 in Football
Sun Wen ranks 43rd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 68th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 96, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1990–2006 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world cup golden ball awards 1, world cup golden boot awards 1, olympic silver medals 1, china goals 106.
Immediately ahead sits Andriy Shevchenko on 88.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Raphaël Varane on 88.9. 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.
Sun Wen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sun stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Sun comparisons
Sun Wen — frequently asked
- Is Sun Wen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sun Wen ranks 43rd in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.9, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Sun Wen's GOAT Score?
- 88.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sun Wen rank all time?
- 68th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Football.
- Sun Wen vs Andriy Shevchenko: who ranks higher?
- Sun Wen, on 88.9 against Andriy Shevchenko's 88.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.