Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Patrick Vieira ranks #105 in Football
Patrick Vieira ranks 105th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 501st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 84, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 78. 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 1994–2011 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2005, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes premier league titles 3, world cups 1, european championships 1, serie a titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Carles Puyol on 81.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Harry Kane on 82.0. 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.
Patrick Vieira GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Vieira stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2005. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Vieira comparisons
Patrick Vieira — frequently asked
- Is Patrick Vieira the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Patrick Vieira ranks 105th in Football with a GOAT Score of 81.2, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Patrick Vieira's GOAT Score?
- 81.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Patrick Vieira rank all time?
- 501st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 105th within Football.
- Patrick Vieira vs Carles Puyol: who ranks higher?
- Carles Puyol, on 81.3 against Patrick Vieira's 81.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.