George Best
Northern Irish footballer (1946–2005) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
- Born
- 22 May 1946
- Died
- 25 November 2005
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1963–1984
Clubs Manchester United F.C. · Dunstable Town F.C. · Jewish Guild · Cork Celtic F.C. · Stockport County F.C. · Los Angeles Aztecs · Fulham F.C. · Fort Lauderdale Strikers · Hibernian F.C. · San Jose Earthquakes · Hong Kong Rangers FC · Sea Bee · Nuneaton Town F.C. · AFC Bournemouth · Queensland Lions FC · Tobermore United F.C.
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
708
Club league goals
253
International caps
37
International goals
9
League goals / match
0.36
International goals / cap
0.24
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United F.C.Club | 1963–1974 | League | 361 | 137 |
| Northern Ireland men's national association football teamNational team | 1964–1977 | Full caps | 37 | 9 |
| Dunstable Town F.C.Club | 1974 | League | 0 | 0 |
| Jewish GuildClub | 1974 | League | 5 | 1 |
| Cork Celtic F.C.Club | 1975–1976 | League | 3 | 0 |
| Stockport County F.C.Club | 1975 | League | 3 | 2 |
| Fulham F.C.Club | 1976–1977 | League | 42 | 8 |
| Los Angeles AztecsClub | 1976–1978 | League | 55 | 27 |
| Fort Lauderdale StrikersClub | 1978–1979 | League | 61 | 13 |
| Hibernian F.C.Club | 1979–1980 | League | 17 | 3 |
| San Jose EarthquakesClub | 1979–1981 | League | 142 | 55 |
| Hong Kong Rangers FCClub | 1982 | League | 1 | 0 |
| Sea BeeClub | 1982 | League | 2 | 0 |
| AFC BournemouthClub | 1983 | League | 5 | 0 |
| Nuneaton Town F.C.Club | 1983 | League | 3 | 1 |
| Queensland Lions FCClub | 1983 | League | 4 | 0 |
| Tobermore United F.C.Club | 1984 | League | 4 | 6 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×2
Football League First Division
Domestic
- 1964–65 · Manchester United F.C.
- 1966–67 · Manchester United F.C.
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1967–68 · Manchester United F.C.
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1968
Career timeline
1963
- Joins Manchester United F.C. — Until 1974
1964
- Senior international debut: Northern Ireland men's national association football team — Until 1977
1965
- Football League First Division winner — 1964–65 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
1967
- Football League First Division winner — 1966–67 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
1968
- Ballon d'Or — 1968
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1967–68 · Manchester United F.C.(provisional)
1974
- Joins Dunstable Town F.C. (loan) — Until 1974
- Joins Jewish Guild (loan) — Until 1974
1975
- Joins Cork Celtic F.C. — Until 1976
- Joins Stockport County F.C. (loan) — Until 1975
1976
- Joins Fulham F.C. — Until 1977
- Joins Los Angeles Aztecs — Until 1976
1977
- Joins Los Angeles Aztecs — Until 1978
1978
- Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers — Until 1979
1979
- Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers — Until 1979
- Joins Hibernian F.C. — Until 1980
- Joins San Jose Earthquakes — Until 1980
1980
- Joins San Jose Earthquakes — Until 1981
1982
- Joins Hong Kong Rangers FC — Until 1982
- Joins Sea Bee — Until 1982
1983
- Joins AFC Bournemouth — Until 1983
- Joins Nuneaton Town F.C. — Until 1983
- Joins Queensland Lions FC — Until 1983
1984
- Joins Tobermore United F.C. — Until 1984
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
45.2
Rank #63
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 17% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence54.2+16.26 points
- Best window
- 1964–1968
- Individual award points in window
- 12
- Award availability in window
- 0.406
- Team honor points in window
- 14
- Peak index
- 31
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence41.0+10.25 points
- League goals per match
- 0.357 → 76.47
- International goals per cap
- 0.243 → 63.65
- International caps per year
- 2.64 → 24.64
Individual accoladesFull evidence36.5+7.29 points
- Contemporary award points
- 12
- Award availability coverage
- 0.559
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 21.46
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1968)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence32.7+4.90 points
- Team honor points
- 14
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.864
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1967–68)
- 8
- Football League First Division (1964–65)
- 3
- Football League First Division (1966–67)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence64.9+6.49 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 22 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 3 → 27
- International career length (years)
- 14 → 88.75
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Ballon d'Or winners listCC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikidata: George Best (Q164521)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: George Best (1976).jpgCC0 · retrieved 27 October 2026