Privacy, cookies and affiliate disclosure
GOAT Rank is an editorial sports-analytics site. This page explains what data is collected, who receives it, and how you control it.
Cookies we set
Strictly necessary. Sign-in session, language preference and security. These are always active and cannot be switched off.
Measurement. Google Analytics 4 records page views and a small number of product events (comparisons run, athlete profiles viewed, sport hubs viewed, language switches) so we can see which parts of the site are used. Recipient: Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC.
Advertising and affiliate links. If enabled, advertising and commission-tracking cookies may be set when you follow a link to a club store, so the retailer can attribute a purchase to GOAT Rank.
Your consent
Visitors in the EU/EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked before anything beyond strictly necessary cookies is used. Until you choose, measurement and advertising signals stay switched off (Google Consent Mode v2 defaults are set to denied).
We store your choice, the time it was made and the version of this notice it refers to, in your browser. Rejecting is as easy as accepting, and you can change or withdraw your choice at any time — it applies immediately.
Accounts and following
If you create an account we store your email address, language preference, the athletes, teams and leagues you follow, your saved searches and which alerts you have read. You can ask us to delete your account and this data at any time.
Affiliate disclosure
Some links to official club stores and retailers are affiliate links. If you buy something after following one, GOAT Rank may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Commissions never influence rankings, GOAT scores or editorial judgements — scores are produced by the published scoring model only.
Trademarks
All club crests, team names and trademarks belong to their respective rights holders and are shown solely for identifying, editorial and analytical purposes (nominative fair use).