Who is better, Sabatino or Costa?
Diego da Silva Costa leads with a GOAT score of 82.8 against 82.7 for Daniela Sabatino — a gap of 0.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
AthletesTeams
Sabatino vs Costa
Shareable comparison — send this exact matchup to anyone.
Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Diego da Silva Costa above Daniela Sabatino: 82.8 vs 82.7. Diego da Silva Costa leads on Honours, Dominance, Peak. Daniela Sabatino leads on Longevity, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
CostaWinner
82.8Costa wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Sabatino
82.7Sabatino wins: Longevity, Statistics
Candidates
Locked to FootballShareable URL · /compare/daniela-sabatino-v-vs-diego-costa
Time range
Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.
Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇸 Diego da Silva Costa
82.8
Costa leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Diego da Silva Costa
2. Daniela Sabatino
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. 🇪🇸 Diego da Silva Costa16 goals
3 seasons by age 21 · 5.3 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Sabatino — 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 | SabatinoActive | CostaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Serie A top scorer awards | 1 | — |
| Serie A titles | 1 | — |
| Coppa Italia titles | 2 | — |
| Italy caps | 90 | — |
| Serie A goals | 170 | — |
| Career league goals | — | 161 |
| Spain caps | — | 24 |
| Premier League titles | — | 2 |
| La Liga titles | — | 2 |
| UEFA Europa League titles | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 78 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Longevity w20% | 86 | 78 |
| Honours w20% | 78 | 85 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 84 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Costa82.8
Sabatino82.7
FAQ
Where does Sabatino beat Costa?
Sabatino scores higher on statistics, longevity. Costa leads on peak, dominance, honours.
How is the Sabatino vs Costa score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Sabatino: 82.7, Costa: 82.8.
What do you think?
0 commentsMake your case for Sabatino vs Costa. The scoring is published in full — if you can point at the pillar or the weight you disagree with, we read it. Read the methodology paper.