Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 26 | |
| 2000 | 30 | |
| 2001 | 32 | |
| 2002 | 34 | |
| 2003 | 36 | |
| 2004 | 40 | |
| 2005 | 42 | |
| 2006 | 44 | |
| 2007 | 46 | |
| 2008 | 48 | |
| 2009 | 46 | |
| 2010 | 44 | |
| 2011 | 40 | |
| 2012 | 36 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 20 | |
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 10 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- LaLiga
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Xavi Hernández ranks #19 in Football
Xavi Hernández ranks 19th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 69th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 91, 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 1998–2019 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 90. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 91 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes appearances 1045, champions league titles 4, league titles 8, world cups 1.
Immediately ahead sits Robert Lewandowski on 88.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Zlatan Ibrahimović on 87.3. 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.
Xavi Hernández GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Xavi stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Xavi Hernández — frequently asked
- Is Xavi Hernández the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Xavi Hernández ranks 19th in Football with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Xavi Hernández's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Xavi Hernández rank all time?
- 69th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Football.
- Xavi Hernández vs Robert Lewandowski: who ranks higher?
- Robert Lewandowski, on 88.8 against Xavi Hernández's 88.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.