Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 23 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 20 | |
| 2009 | 34 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 34 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 6 |
Data sources
- Premier League
- UEFA
- Transfermarkt
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wayne Rooney ranks #69 in Football
Wayne Rooney ranks 69th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 269th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 86, Honours 82, Statistics 88. 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 2002–2021 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 86. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 366, premier league titles 5, champions league titles 1, england goals 53.
Immediately ahead sits Samuel Eto'o on 84.9, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Edinson Cavani on 83.8. 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.
Wayne Rooney GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rooney stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Rooney comparisons
Wayne Rooney — frequently asked
- Is Wayne Rooney the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wayne Rooney ranks 69th in Football with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Wayne Rooney's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wayne Rooney rank all time?
- 269th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 69th within Football.
- Wayne Rooney vs Samuel Eto'o: who ranks higher?
- Samuel Eto'o, on 84.9 against Wayne Rooney's 84.0 — a margin of 0.9 points.