Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 21 | |
| 2012 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 32 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 6 |
Data sources
- Bundesliga
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Thomas Müller ranks #32 in Football
Thomas Müller ranks 32nd among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 126th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity 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 bundesliga titles 12, champions league titles 2, world cups 1, career goals 250.
Immediately ahead sits Abby Wambach on 87.7, a gap of 1.5 points. Directly behind is Manuel Neuer on 86.8. 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.
Thomas Müller GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Müller 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 2015. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Müller comparisons
Thomas Müller — frequently asked
- Is Thomas Müller the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Thomas Müller ranks 32nd in Football with a GOAT Score of 86.2, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Thomas Müller's GOAT Score?
- 86.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Thomas Müller rank all time?
- 126th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Football.
- Thomas Müller vs Abby Wambach: who ranks higher?
- Abby Wambach, on 87.7 against Thomas Müller's 86.2 — a margin of 1.5 points.