Who is better, Marta or Pelé?
Marta Vieira da Silva leads with a GOAT score of 95.0 against 94.2 for Pelé — a gap of 0.8 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Marta vs Pelé
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Marta Vieira da Silva above Pelé: 95.0 vs 94.2. Marta Vieira da Silva leads on Longevity, Statistics. Pelé leads on Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
MartaWinner
95.0Marta wins: Longevity, Statistics
Pelé
94.2Pelé wins: Honours
Time range
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Marta Vieira da Silva
95.0
Marta leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Marta Vieira da Silva
2. Pelé
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. 🇧🇷 Pelé248 goals
5 seasons by age 21 · 49.6 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
2. 🇧🇷 Marta Vieira da Silva89 goals
5 seasons by age 21 · 17.8 per season
Marta is -64.1% behind Pelé'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 | MartaActive | PeléRetired · New York Cosmos |
|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Player awards | 6 | — |
| World Cup goals | 17 | — |
| Brazil caps | 200 | — |
| Brazil goals | 119 | — |
| Olympic medals | 3 | — |
| World Cups played | 6 | — |
| Career goals | — | 767 |
| Career assists | — | 229 |
| Ballon d'Or | — | 0 |
| World Cups | — | 3 |
| Champions League titles | — | 0 |
| League titles | — | 10 |
| Goals per 90 | — | 0.84 |
| Dominance w25% | 96 | 96 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 97 |
| Longevity w20% | 94 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 95 |
| Statistics w15% | 96 | 92 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Marta95.0
Pelé94.2
FAQ
Where does Pelé beat Marta?
Pelé scores higher on honours. Marta leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Marta vs Pelé score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Marta: 95.0, Pelé: 94.2.
What do you think?
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