The GOAT tier list: rank football's greatest ever
1.3k verified humans placed 20 names into tiers. Each name sits in the tier the most voters chose for it — a consensus ranking, not a score.
The consensus board
L. Messi
Pelé
C. RonaldoD. MaradonaRonaldinho
Z. ZidaneR. NazárioK. MbappéNeymarKaká
E. Haaland
A. IniestaXaviT. Henry
L. Modrić
P. MaldiniA. Pirlo
H. Kane
R. Lewandowski
K. De BruyneHow the crowd split
Each bar is the full spread of tiers a name was placed in, in board order. The consensus tier is simply the widest band. Any name could be left unranked, and that share closes each bar.
L. MessiGod Tier57% put them in God Tier · 9% unrankedPeléGod Tier40% put them in God Tier · 17% unrankedC. RonaldoGod Tier37% put them in God Tier · 16% unrankedD. MaradonaGod Tier33% put them in God Tier · 16% unrankedRonaldinhoGod Tier27% put them in God Tier · 20% unrankedZ. ZidaneS23% put them in S · 24% unrankedK. MbappéS19% put them in S · 24% unrankedNeymarS19% put them in S · 29% unrankedR. NazárioS19% put them in S · 29% unrankedKakáS16% put them in S · 35% unrankedE. HaalandS14% put them in S · 36% unrankedA. IniestaA18% put them in A · 33% unrankedXaviA18% put them in A · 34% unrankedL. ModrićA17% put them in A · 36% unrankedP. MaldiniA15% put them in A · 39% unrankedT. HenryA14% put them in A · 42% unrankedA. PirloB15% put them in B · 39% unrankedH. KaneB15% put them in B · 41% unrankedR. LewandowskiB15% put them in B · 42% unrankedK. De BruyneB14% put them in B · 43% unrankedHow a tier list is countedConsensus rule, unranked names and what this is not1.3k
Each name sits in the tier the most voters chose for it. No averaging, no weighting — a plurality is enough to place a name.
A name left unranked counts toward neither its tier nor any other. Placement shares are computed only from voters who placed that name.
Split between every voter who completed the list. There is no correct answer here, so nothing is paid for accuracy.
A tier list is an engagement poll — verified humans rank the field for fun, with no outcome to resolve and nothing to be right or wrong about. Aggregate World ID voter data, kept as a read-only record — not a VoxPop ranking, not a prediction, and not financial advice.