Who is better, Suárez Miramontes or Cruyff?
Luis Suárez Miramontes leads with a GOAT score of 93.3 against 92.9 for Johan Cruyff — a gap of 0.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Suárez Miramontes vs Cruyff
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Suárez MiramontesWinner
93.3Suárez Miramontes wins: Peak, Longevity, Honours
Cruyff
92.9Cruyff wins: Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇪🇸 Luis Suárez Miramontes
93.3
Suárez Miramontes leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Luis Suárez Miramontes
2. Johan Cruyff
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 26 · Goals per season
1. 🇪🇸 Luis Suárez Miramontes27 goals
1 season by age 26 · 27 per season
Setting the pace at age 26
No verified birth date for Cruyff — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 26, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | Suárez MiramontesRetired | CruyffRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Ballon d'Or awards | 1 | — |
| European Cup titles | 2 | — |
| European Championship titles | 1 | — |
| Inter appearances | 328 | — |
| Inter goals | 54 | — |
| Spain caps | 32 | — |
| Career goals | — | 401 |
| Ballon d'Or | — | 3 |
| European Cups | — | 3 |
| League titles | — | 9 |
| International caps | — | 48 |
| International goals | — | 33 |
| Dominance w25% | 94 | 94 |
| Peak w20% | 96 | 95 |
| Longevity w20% | 91 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 95 | 93 |
| Statistics w15% | 89 | 92 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Suárez Miramontes93.3
Cruyff92.9
The people
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Where does Cruyff beat Suárez Miramontes?
Cruyff scores higher on statistics. Suárez Miramontes leads on peak, honours, longevity.
How is the Suárez Miramontes vs Cruyff score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Suárez Miramontes: 93.3, Cruyff: 92.9.
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