Who is better, Sinclair or Touré?
Yaya Touré leads with a GOAT score of 89.8 against 89.7 for Christine Sinclair — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sinclair vs Touré
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Yaya Touré above Christine Sinclair: 89.8 vs 89.7. Yaya Touré leads on Honours, Dominance, Peak. Christine Sinclair leads on Statistics, Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
TouréWinner
89.8Touré wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Sinclair
89.7Sinclair wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇮 Yaya Touré
89.8
Touré leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Yaya Touré
2. Christine Sinclair
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇨🇮 Yaya Touré4 goals
3 seasons by age 21 · 1.3 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Sinclair — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
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 | SinclairRetired | TouréRetired |
|---|---|---|
| International goals | 190 | — |
| Canada caps | 331 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | — |
| Olympic bronze medals | 2 | — |
| Canadian Player of the Year awards | 14 | — |
| Career league goals | — | 79 |
| Ivory Coast caps | — | 101 |
| African Footballer of the Year | — | 4 |
| Premier League titles | — | 3 |
| Champions League titles | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 88 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 94 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 84 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 85 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Touré89.8
Sinclair89.7
FAQ
Where does Sinclair beat Touré?
Sinclair scores higher on statistics, longevity. Touré leads on peak, dominance, honours.
How is the Sinclair vs Touré score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Sinclair: 89.7, Touré: 89.8.
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