Who is better, Reus or Leão?
Marco Reus leads with a GOAT score of 77.9 against 77.9 for Rafael Leão — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Reus vs Leão
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Marco Reus and Rafael Leão level at 77.9. Marco Reus leads on Longevity, Statistics. Rafael Leão leads on Dominance, Honours, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ReusWinner
77.9Reus wins: Longevity, Statistics
Leão
77.9Leão wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Marco Reus
77.9
Reus leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Marco Reus
2. Rafael Leão
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. 🇵🇹 Rafael Leão15 goals
3 seasons by age 21 · 5 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Reus — 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 | ReusActive | LeãoActive · Galatasaray |
|---|---|---|
| Dortmund goals | 170 | — |
| DFB-Pokal titles | 2 | — |
| German Footballer of the Year awards | 1 | — |
| Germany caps | 48 | — |
| Bundesliga assists | 96 | — |
| Serie A titles | — | 1 |
| Serie A Footballer of the Year | — | 1 |
| Portugal caps | — | 49 |
| Portugal goals | — | 6 |
| Career league goals | — | 72 |
| Dominance w25% | 72 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 84 | 85 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 70 | 78 |
| Statistics w15% | 82 | 75 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Reus77.9
Leão77.9
FAQ
Where does Leão beat Reus?
Leão scores higher on peak, dominance, honours. Reus leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Reus vs Leão score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Reus: 77.9, Leão: 77.9.
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