Who is better, Zubizarreta or Ter Stegen?
Andoni Zubizarreta leads with a GOAT score of 83.6 against 83.6 for Marc-André ter Stegen — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Zubizarreta vs Ter Stegen
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ZubizarretaWinner
83.6Zubizarreta wins: Longevity, Statistics
Ter Stegen
83.6Ter Stegen wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇸 Andoni Zubizarreta
83.6
Zubizarreta leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Andoni Zubizarreta
2. Marc-André ter Stegen
Category breakdown
Season form · Goals per season
Career timeline · Goals per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · Goals per season
1. 🇩🇪 Marc-André ter Stegen74 goals
3 seasons by age 21 · 24.7 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
2. 🇪🇸 Andoni Zubizarreta68 goals
4 seasons by age 21 · 17 per season
Zubizarreta is -8.1% behind Ter Stegen's pace at age 21
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | ZubizarretaRetired | Ter StegenActive |
|---|---|---|
| Spain caps | 126 | — |
| La Liga titles | 6 | 5 |
| European Cup titles | 1 | — |
| World Cups played | 4 | — |
| Career league appearances | 622 | — |
| Champions League titles | — | 1 |
| Germany caps | — | 44 |
| Copa del Rey titles | — | 5 |
| Confederations Cup titles | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 80 | 82 |
| Peak w20% | 78 | 86 |
| Longevity w20% | 92 | 82 |
| Honours w20% | 85 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 82 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Zubizarreta83.6
Ter Stegen83.6
The people
Zubizarreta
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Where does Ter Stegen beat Zubizarreta?
Ter Stegen scores higher on peak, dominance, honours. Zubizarreta leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Zubizarreta vs Ter Stegen score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Zubizarreta: 83.6, Ter Stegen: 83.6.
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