Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Thiago Silva ranks #64 in Football
Thiago Silva ranks 64th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 258th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 88, 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 2004–present with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes champions league titles 1, league titles 9, copa américa titles 1, brazil caps 113.
Immediately ahead sits Philipp Lahm on 84.4, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Roberto Baggio 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.
Thiago Silva GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Thiago Silva stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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.
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Thiago Silva — frequently asked
- Is Thiago Silva the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Thiago Silva ranks 64th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Thiago Silva's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Thiago Silva rank all time?
- 258th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 64th within Football.
- Thiago Silva vs Philipp Lahm: who ranks higher?
- Philipp Lahm, on 84.4 against Thiago Silva's 84.1 — a margin of 0.3 points.