Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 12 | |
| 1955 | 18 | |
| 1956 | 24 | |
| 1957 | 28 | |
| 1958 | 29 | |
| 1959 | 31 | |
| 1960 | 36 | |
| 1961 | 28 | |
| 1962 | 24 | |
| 1963 | 22 | |
| 1964 | 20 | |
| 1965 | 19 | |
| 1966 | 17 | |
| 1967 | 14 | |
| 1968 | 12 | |
| 1969 | 10 | |
| 1970 | 8 | |
| 1971 | 6 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Uwe Seeler ranks #57 in Football
Uwe Seeler ranks 57th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 239th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1953–1972 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes hamburg goals 445, german footballer of the year awards 3, germany caps 72, germany goals 43.
Immediately ahead sits Kevin De Bruyne on 85.7, a gap of 1.4 points. Directly behind is Alessandro Nesta on 85.0. 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.
Uwe Seeler GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Seeler 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 1960. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Seeler comparisons
Uwe Seeler — frequently asked
- Is Uwe Seeler the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Uwe Seeler ranks 57th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Uwe Seeler's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Uwe Seeler rank all time?
- 239th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 57th within Football.
- Uwe Seeler vs Kevin De Bruyne: who ranks higher?
- Kevin De Bruyne, on 85.7 against Uwe Seeler's 84.3 — a margin of 1.4 points.