- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2005
- Country
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
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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- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–2020
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 70.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2014
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2020–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 83.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2008
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2016
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1978–1993
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 75.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1982–1999
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1998–2015
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 75.0
- Statistics
- 70.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1983–1996
- Country
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1983–2003
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1978–1992
- Country
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1975–1988
- Country
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2015
- Country
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2022
- Country
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2003–2021
- Country
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1983–1994
- Country
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 83.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2003–2023
- Country
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 75.0
- Statistics
- 70.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 75.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2012
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 72.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1976–1990
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1993–2007
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1983–1997
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1986–2002
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 56.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1976–1995
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1995–2008
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1984–1999
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2015
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 74.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1999–2014
- Country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2011
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 78.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2023–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2018
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2022–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1974–1990
- Country
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 75.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1986–2002
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | Zlatko Zahovič | Football | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 1990–2005 | 79.6 |
| 552 | Gabi Fernández | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2002–2020 | 79.4 |
| 553 | Park Ji-sung | Football | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 2000–2014 | 79.4 |
| 554 | Sophia Smith | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 2020–active | 79.4 |
| 555 | Nahikari García | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2014–active | 79.4 |
| 556 | Adriana Silva | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2007–active | 79.4 |
| 557 | Jay-Jay Okocha | Football | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 1990–2008 | 79.3 |
| 558 | Louisa Nécib | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2005–2016 | 79.3 |
| 559 | Aldo Serena | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1978–1993 | 79.2 |
| 560 | Giuseppe Giannini | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1982–1999 | 79.2 |
| 561 | Marcos Senna | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1998–2015 | 79.2 |
| 562 | Marquinhos | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2012–active | 79.1 |
| 563 | Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko | Football | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1983–1996 | 79.1 |
| 564 | Paulo Futre | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1983–2003 | 79.0 |
| 565 | Rabah Madjer | Football | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 1978–1992 | 78.9 |
| 566 | Zbigniew Boniek | Football | 🇵🇱 Poland | 1975–1988 | 78.9 |
| 567 | Álvaro Recoba | Football | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1994–2015 | 78.9 |
| 568 | Verónica Boquete | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2005–active | 78.8 |
| 569 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Football | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 2005–2022 | 78.8 |
| 570 | Asamoah Gyan | Football | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 2003–2021 | 78.8 |
| 571 | Tanju Çolak | Football | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 1983–1994 | 78.8 |
| 572 | Francesca Durante | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2011–active | 78.7 |
| 573 | Diego Godín | Football | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 2003–2023 | 78.7 |
| 574 | João Cancelo | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 2013–active | 78.7 |
| 575 | Alexis Mac Allister | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2017–active | 78.6 |
| 576 | Gerard Moreno | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2011–active | 78.6 |
| 577 | Míchel Salgado | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1994–2012 | 78.5 |
| 578 | Andoni Goikoetxea | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1976–1990 | 78.4 |
| 579 | Vincent Candela | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1993–2007 | 78.4 |
| 580 | Eric Cantona | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1983–1997 | 78.3 |
| 581 | Matthew Le Tissier | Football | 🏴 England | 1986–2002 | 78.3 |
| 582 | James Rodríguez | Football | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 2010–active | 78.3 |
| 583 | Bukayo Saka | Football | 🏴 England | 2019–active | 78.1 |
| 584 | Glenn Hoddle | Football | 🏴 England | 1976–1995 | 78.1 |
| 585 | Patrick Stephan Kluivert | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1995–2008 | 78.0 |
| 586 | Marco Reus | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2006–active | 77.9 |
| 587 | Rafael Leão | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 2018–active | 77.9 |
| 588 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1984–1999 | 77.8 |
| 589 | Nuno Gomes | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1994–2015 | 77.8 |
| 590 | Daniel Van Buyten | Football | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 1999–2014 | 77.8 |
| 591 | Mário Jardel | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1992–2011 | 77.8 |
| 592 | David Luiz Moreira Marinho | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2006–active | 77.7 |
| 593 | Lamine Yamal | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2023–active | 77.7 |
| 594 | Andrei Arshavin | Football | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2000–2018 | 77.6 |
| 595 | Naomi Girma | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 2022–active | 77.6 |
| 596 | Bruno Pezzey | Football | 🇦🇹 Austria | 1974–1990 | 77.6 |
| 597 | Serge Gnabry | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2013–active | 77.6 |
| 598 | Yassine Bounou | Football | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 2011–active | 77.6 |
| 599 | André Onana | Football | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 2015–active | 77.5 |
| 600 | David Ginola | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1986–2002 | 77.5 |
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