Who is better, Marta or Barco?
Marta Vieira da Silva leads with a GOAT score of 95.0 against 14.9 for Valentín Barco — a gap of 80.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Marta vs Barco
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Marta Vieira da Silva above Valentín Barco: 95.0 vs 14.9. Marta Vieira da Silva leads on Dominance, Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
MartaWinner
95.0Marta wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Barco
14.9Barco wins: no category outright
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Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Marta Vieira da Silva
95.0
Marta leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Barco — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Marta Vieira da Silva
2. Valentín Barco
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. 🇧🇷 Marta Vieira da Silva89 goals
5 seasons by age 21 · 17.8 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Barco — 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 | MartaActive | BarcoActive · Chelsea |
|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Player awards | 6 | — |
| World Cup goals | 17 | — |
| Brazil caps | 200 | — |
| Brazil goals | 119 | — |
| Olympic medals | 3 | — |
| World Cups played | 6 | — |
| Premier League apps | — | 9 |
| Premier League goals | — | 0 |
| Premier League assists | — | 0 |
| Shirt number | — | 4 |
| Dominance w25% | 96 | 14 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 21.3 |
| Longevity w20% | 94 | 12 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 10 |
| Statistics w15% | 96 | 18.5 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Marta95.0
Barco14.9
FAQ
Where does Barco beat Marta?
Barco does not lead any of the five categories; Marta is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Marta vs Barco score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Marta: 95.0, Barco: 14.9.
What do you think?
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