Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Goals per season
| Season | Goals per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 50 | |
| 1986 | 55 | |
| 1987 | 60 | |
| 1988 | 65 | |
| 1989 | 70 | |
| 1990 | 75 | |
| 1991 | 80 | |
| 1992 | 85 | |
| 1993 | 90 | |
| 1994 | 95 | |
| 1995 | 87 | |
| 1996 | 79 | |
| 1997 | 71 | |
| 1998 | 63 | |
| 1999 | 54 | |
| 2000 | 46 | |
| 2001 | 38 | |
| 2002 | 30 |
Data sources
- FIFA official records
- UEFA competition archives
- National federation and club records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Zvonimir Boban ranks #261 in Football
Zvonimir Boban ranks 261st among Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 584th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 82. Those categories are normalised against the full Football reference universe of 895 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1985–2002 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1994, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes serie a titles 4, champions league titles 1, world cup medals 1, croatia caps 51.
Immediately ahead sits Berti Vogts on 83.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Diego Simeone 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.
Zvonimir Boban GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Boban stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1994. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Boban comparisons
Zvonimir Boban — frequently asked
- Is Zvonimir Boban the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Zvonimir Boban ranks 261st in Football with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind Lionel Messi on 97.0.
- What is Zvonimir Boban's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Zvonimir Boban rank all time?
- 584th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 261st within Football.
- Zvonimir Boban vs Berti Vogts: who ranks higher?
- Zvonimir Boban, on 83.8 against Berti Vogts's 83.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.