- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2004–active
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 99.0
- Dominance
- 98.0
- Statistics
- 99.0
- Honours
- 97.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
GOAT Rank · 674
Greatest Football Players of all time
This ranking is led by Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marta Vieira da Silva. GOAT Rank currently ranks 674 eligible Football players using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Lionel Messi ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 97.0.
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- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–active
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 97.0
- Honours
- 93.0
- Longevity
- 99.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 97.0
- Dominance
- 96.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1958–1977
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 95.0
- Statistics
- 91.0
- Honours
- 96.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1956–1977
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 97.0
- Dominance
- 96.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 95.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1960–1978
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 96.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1953–1973
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 89.0
- Honours
- 95.0
- Longevity
- 91.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1964–1984
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 93.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1945–1966
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 93.0
- Honours
- 93.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1964–1983
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 93.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1939–1961
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 95.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1976–1997
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 95.0
- Statistics
- 91.0
- Honours
- 93.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1993–2011
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 97.0
- Dominance
- 93.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2010
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 98.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1943–1966
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1963–1978
- Country
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 89.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 91.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2004
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1969–1990
- Country
- 🏴 Scotland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 96.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2004
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1946–1962
- Country
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1991–2015
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1950–1971
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1971–1994
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1990
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1991–2011
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1989–2006
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 89.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2021
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1972–1991
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 95.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1985–2009
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1991–2016
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1956–1975
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 89.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2017
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–2020
- Country
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2023
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1991–2006
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2004
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1991–2007
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 95.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1979–1999
- Country
- 🏴 Wales
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2006–2023
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1996–2013
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 91.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1996–2015
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1963–1981
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 89.0
- Statistics
- 95.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2004
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 87.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2004–active | 97.0 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 2002–active | 95.5 |
| 3 | Marta Vieira da Silva | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2002–active | 95.0 |
| 4 | Bobby Moore | Football | 🏴 England | 1958–1977 | 94.6 |
| 5 | Pelé | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1956–1977 | 94.2 |
| 6 | Giacinto Facchetti | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1960–1978 | 94.0 |
| 7 | Luis Suárez Miramontes | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1953–1973 | 93.3 |
| 8 | Johan Cruyff | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1964–1984 | 92.9 |
| 9 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1945–1966 | 92.9 |
| 10 | Franz Beckenbauer | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1964–1983 | 92.6 |
| 11 | Ángel Labruna | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1939–1961 | 92.1 |
| 12 | Diego Maradona | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1976–1997 | 92.0 |
| 13 | Ronaldo Nazário | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1993–2011 | 92.0 |
| 14 | Kristine Lilly | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1987–2010 | 92.0 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Football | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 2005–active | 92.0 |
| 16 | Ferenc Puskás | Football | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1943–1966 | 91.8 |
| 17 | Dragan Džajić | Football | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 1963–1978 | 91.6 |
| 18 | Mia Hamm | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1987–2004 | 91.4 |
| 19 | Kenny Dalglish | Football | 🏴 Scotland | 1969–1990 | 91.4 |
| 20 | Hege Riise | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 1990–2004 | 91.4 |
| 21 | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Football | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1946–1962 | 91.2 |
| 22 | Rivaldo | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1991–2015 | 91.0 |
| 23 | Lev Yashin | Football | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1950–1971 | 90.9 |
| 24 | Zico | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1971–1994 | 90.9 |
| 25 | Betty Vignotto | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1970–1990 | 90.9 |
| 26 | Edwin van der Sar | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1991–2011 | 90.8 |
| 27 | Zinedine Zidane | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1989–2006 | 90.6 |
| 28 | Carli Lloyd | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 2005–2021 | 90.5 |
| 29 | Ricardo Bochini | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1972–1991 | 90.2 |
| 30 | Romário | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1985–2009 | 90.1 |
| 31 | Antoine Griezmann | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2009–active | 90.1 |
| 32 | Patrizia Panico | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1991–2016 | 90.0 |
| 33 | Bobby Charlton | Football | 🏴 England | 1956–1975 | 89.9 |
| 34 | Cristiane Rozeira | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2002–active | 89.9 |
| 35 | Sadio Mané | Football | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 2011–active | 89.8 |
| 36 | Xabi Alonso | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2000–2017 | 89.8 |
| 37 | Yaya Touré | Football | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 2002–2020 | 89.8 |
| 38 | Alexia Putellas | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2010–active | 89.7 |
| 39 | Christine Sinclair | Football | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2000–2023 | 89.7 |
| 40 | Tiffeny Milbrett | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1991–2006 | 89.6 |
| 41 | Joy Fawcett | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1987–2004 | 89.6 |
| 42 | Fabien Barthez | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1991–2007 | 89.6 |
| 43 | Ian Rush | Football | 🏴 Wales | 1979–1999 | 89.5 |
| 44 | Megan Rapinoe | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 2006–2023 | 89.5 |
| 45 | Inka Grings | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1996–2013 | 89.5 |
| 46 | Aitana Bonmatí | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2016–active | 89.4 |
| 47 | Nadine Angerer | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1996–2015 | 89.4 |
| 48 | Gerd Müller | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1963–1981 | 89.3 |
| 49 | Julie Foudy | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1987–2004 | 89.2 |
| 50 | Jenni Hermoso | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2008–active | 89.2 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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