Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 89
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 10 | |
| 1993 | 6 | |
| 1994 | 6 | |
| 1995 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 7 | |
| 1997 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 10 | |
| 1999 | 9 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 9 | |
| 2002 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 9 |
Data sources
- FIFA
- UEFA
- FFF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Zinedine Zidane ranks #12 in Football
Zinedine Zidane ranks 12th among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 38th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 92, Statistics 89. 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 1989–2006 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career goals 156, ballon d'or 1, world cups 1, champions league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Gianluigi Buffon on 89.0, a gap of -1.6 points. Directly behind is Paolo Maldini on 88.8. 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.
Zinedine Zidane GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zidane stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics89/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 89/100.
Top Zidane comparisons
Zinedine Zidane — frequently asked
- Is Zinedine Zidane the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Zinedine Zidane ranks 12th in Football with a GOAT Score of 90.6, behind Cristiano Ronaldo on 95.5.
- What is Zinedine Zidane's GOAT Score?
- 90.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 89 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Zinedine Zidane rank all time?
- 38th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 12th within Football.
- Zinedine Zidane vs Gianluigi Buffon: who ranks higher?
- Zinedine Zidane, on 90.6 against Gianluigi Buffon's 89.0 — a margin of 1.6 points.