- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2008
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
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
- 1981–1999
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2006–2016
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2006–2019
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 83.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1998–2016
- Country
- 🏴 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2013
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2004–2021
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2018–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 91.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2009
- Country
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2019–active
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 89.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 65.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1984–2000
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2022
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1958–1974
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1989
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1983
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 89.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2003–2020
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2015
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1953–1962
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2009
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2018
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1984–2005
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1982–1999
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1999–2018
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2022
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2019
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 75.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1982–2000
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1984–2005
- Country
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2014
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1959–1982
- Country
- 🏴 Scotland
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1999–active
- Country
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1997–2008
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2010
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1974–1989
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1946–1967
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1996–2014
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–2019
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1962–1986
- Country
- 🏴 Scotland
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2001–2023
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–2004
- Country
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Oliver Kahn | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1987–2008 | 83.5 |
| 352 | John Barnes | Football | 🏴 England | 1981–1999 | 83.5 |
| 353 | Nadine Keßler | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2006–2016 | 83.5 |
| 354 | Claudio Marchisio | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2006–2019 | 83.5 |
| 355 | Lucas Hernández | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2014–active | 83.5 |
| 356 | Kalidou Koulibaly | Football | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 2010–active | 83.5 |
| 357 | Steven Gerrard | Football | 🏴 United Kingdom | 1998–2016 | 83.4 |
| 358 | Sonia Bompastor | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1997–2013 | 83.4 |
| 359 | Isabell Herlovsen | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2004–2021 | 83.4 |
| 360 | Lena Oberdorf | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2018–active | 83.4 |
| 361 | Dwight Yorke | Football | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 1990–2009 | 83.4 |
| 362 | Jude Bellingham | Football | 🏴 England | 2019–active | 83.4 |
| 363 | Asisat Oshoala | Football | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 2013–active | 83.3 |
| 364 | Raí | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1984–2000 | 83.3 |
| 365 | Bernardo Silva | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 2013–active | 83.3 |
| 366 | Ellen White | Football | 🏴 England | 2005–2022 | 83.3 |
| 367 | Flórián Albert | Football | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1958–1974 | 83.3 |
| 368 | Allan Simonsen | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1970–1989 | 83.3 |
| 369 | Emil Forsberg | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2010–active | 83.3 |
| 370 | Ralf Edström | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1970–1983 | 83.3 |
| 371 | Giulia Gwinn | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2016–active | 83.3 |
| 372 | Javier Mascherano | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2003–2020 | 83.3 |
| 373 | Robert Pirès | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1992–2015 | 83.2 |
| 374 | Arturo Vidal | Football | 🇨🇱 Chile | 2006–active | 83.2 |
| 375 | Just Fontaine | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1953–1962 | 83.2 |
| 376 | Cheryl Salisbury | Football | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1994–2009 | 83.2 |
| 377 | Caroline Graham Hansen | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2010–active | 83.1 |
| 378 | Júlio César | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1997–2018 | 83.1 |
| 379 | Gianfranco Zola | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1984–2005 | 83.1 |
| 380 | Salvatore Schillaci | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1982–1999 | 83.1 |
| 381 | Kim Källström | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1999–2018 | 83.1 |
| 382 | Melanie Serrano | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2005–2022 | 83.1 |
| 383 | Melania Gabbiadini | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2000–2019 | 83.1 |
| 384 | Emiliano Martínez | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2012–active | 83.1 |
| 385 | Julio Salinas | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1982–2000 | 83.1 |
| 386 | Álex Aguinaga | Football | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 1984–2005 | 83.1 |
| 387 | Javier Zanetti | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1992–2014 | 83.0 |
| 388 | Billy Bremner | Football | 🏴 Scotland | 1959–1982 | 83.0 |
| 389 | Radamel Falcao | Football | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 1999–active | 83.0 |
| 390 | Nia Künzer | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1997–2008 | 83.0 |
| 391 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1994–2010 | 83.0 |
| 392 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1974–1989 | 82.9 |
| 393 | László Kubala | Football | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1946–1967 | 82.9 |
| 394 | Juan Román Riquelme | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1996–2014 | 82.9 |
| 395 | Rosana dos Santos | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2002–2019 | 82.9 |
| 396 | Gabi Portilho | Football | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2015–active | 82.9 |
| 397 | Peter Lorimer | Football | 🏴 Scotland | 1962–1986 | 82.8 |
| 398 | Koke Resurrección | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2009–active | 82.8 |
| 399 | Nilla Fischer | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2001–2023 | 82.8 |
| 400 | Predrag Mijatović | Football | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 1987–2004 | 82.8 |
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