- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
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.
Quick answer
According to GOAT Rank's current model, Lionel Messi ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 97.0.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–2024
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2002–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2001–2022
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1979–1999
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2017
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1988–2004
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2017–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2023
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2018
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2021
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2005–2022
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1961–1981
- Country
- 🇷🇸 Serbia
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1950–1968
- Country
- 🏴 Wales
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 75.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1974–1991
- Country
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1992–2000
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1974–1991
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 75.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 85.0
- Longevity
- 85.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2009–active
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1975–1997
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2000–2024
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1996–2013
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1965–1985
- Country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 85.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1983–2003
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2003–2019
- Country
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2009–2019
- Country
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1978–2000
- Country
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1970–1988
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1990–2008
- Country
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1994–2012
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 89.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1995–2013
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1998–2013
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1987–1995
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 87.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2010–2025
- Country
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Peak
- 85.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1980–1997
- Country
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2016–active
- Country
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 91.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 62.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1962–1983
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 76.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Football
- Career
- 1943–1960
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Laura Giuliani | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2010–active | 82.8 |
| 402 | Diego da Silva Costa | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2007–2024 | 82.8 |
| 403 | Daniela Sabatino | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2002–active | 82.7 |
| 404 | Yuri Zhirkov | Football | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2001–2022 | 82.7 |
| 405 | Mariona Caldentey | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2013–active | 82.6 |
| 406 | Peter Beardsley | Football | 🏴 England | 1979–1999 | 82.6 |
| 407 | Ricardo Carvalho | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 2000–2017 | 82.6 |
| 408 | Emmanuel Petit | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1988–2004 | 82.6 |
| 409 | Athenea del Castillo | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2017–active | 82.6 |
| 410 | Alia Guagni | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2005–2023 | 82.5 |
| 411 | Alberto Gilardino | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2000–2018 | 82.5 |
| 412 | Blaise Matuidi | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2005–2021 | 82.5 |
| 413 | David de Gea | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2009–active | 82.5 |
| 414 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Football | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 2005–2022 | 82.5 |
| 415 | Ivan Ćurković | Football | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 1961–1981 | 82.5 |
| 416 | Ivor Allchurch | Football | 🏴 Wales | 1950–1968 | 82.5 |
| 417 | Safet Sušić | Football | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1974–1991 | 82.4 |
| 418 | Tisha Venturini | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1992–2000 | 82.4 |
| 419 | Bruno Conti | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1974–1991 | 82.4 |
| 420 | Georginio Wijnaldum | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 2007–active | 82.4 |
| 421 | Pernille Harder | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2009–active | 82.3 |
| 422 | Bryan Robson | Football | 🏴 England | 1975–1997 | 82.3 |
| 423 | Hedvig Lindahl | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2000–2024 | 82.3 |
| 424 | Fran Kirby | Football | 🏴 England | 2010–active | 82.3 |
| 425 | Michael Owen | Football | 🏴 England | 1996–2013 | 82.3 |
| 426 | László Fazekas | Football | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1965–1985 | 82.3 |
| 427 | Laurent Blanc | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1983–2003 | 82.2 |
| 428 | Cristiana Girelli | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2006–active | 82.2 |
| 429 | Vincent Kompany | Football | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2003–2019 | 82.2 |
| 430 | Guro Reiten | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2012–active | 82.2 |
| 431 | Elena Linari | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2010–active | 82.2 |
| 432 | Tabea Kemme | Football | 🇩🇪 Germany | 2009–2019 | 82.2 |
| 433 | Sam Kerr | Football | 🇦🇺 Australia | 2008–active | 82.1 |
| 434 | Abedi Pelé | Football | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 1978–2000 | 82.1 |
| 435 | Alain Giresse | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 1970–1988 | 82.1 |
| 436 | Rui Costa | Football | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1990–2008 | 82.1 |
| 437 | Amandine Henry | Football | 🇫🇷 France | 2007–active | 82.1 |
| 438 | Fredrik Ljungberg | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1994–2012 | 82.1 |
| 439 | Federico Chiesa | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2016–active | 82.1 |
| 440 | Olof Mellberg | Football | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1995–2013 | 82.1 |
| 441 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 1998–2013 | 82.1 |
| 442 | Amanda Sampedro | Football | 🇪🇸 Spain | 2010–active | 82.1 |
| 443 | Lisa Boattin | Football | 🇮🇹 Italy | 2013–active | 82.1 |
| 444 | Linda Hamilton | Football | 🇺🇸 United States | 1987–1995 | 82.1 |
| 445 | Christian Eriksen | Football | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 2010–2025 | 82.1 |
| 446 | Ronald Koeman | Football | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1980–1997 | 82.0 |
| 447 | Erling Haaland | Football | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2016–active | 82.0 |
| 448 | Harry Kane | Football | 🏴 England | 2011–active | 82.0 |
| 449 | Alan Ball | Football | 🏴 England | 1962–1983 | 82.0 |
| 450 | Jackie Milburn | Football | 🏴 England | 1943–1960 | 82.0 |
Compare the leaders
Lionel Messi vs Cristiano RonaldoRead the full methodology
Sport lists use the raw In-Sport GOAT Score. Cross-sport lists use the official competition-depth adjustment. No scores are recalculated for this page.
Read the full methodologyFrequently asked questions
How is this ranking calculated?
Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
Who is included?
According to GOAT Rank's current data model, only verified athletes with sufficient career history, metrics, honours and independent sources are eligible. Rank and score are read live.
Related rankings
Greatest Boxers of all timeGreatest Swimmers of all timeGreatest active Football PlayersGreatest retired Football PlayersGreatest Football female of all timeGreatest Football male of all timeGreatest Football Players from ArgentinaGreatest Football Players from PortugalGreatest Football Players from BrazilGreatest Football Players from EnglandGreatest Football Players from ItalyGreatest Football Players from Spain