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PLAYER FILE #P000121996 Best XI · Seat 11 · LWPosition: LWRetired · File sealed

1996 World Best XI · career ledger

George Weah

Name: George Weah · Player File #P00012
Creator: BallFact
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The only African-born Ballon d'Or winner (1995) and FIFA World Player of the Year — and still the only one. From Monrovia to Milan, the ledger crosses four continents.

Ledger span: 1986 — 2002/03 · 18 seasons Scale 1–99 · attributes L3 (arc-derived) · hard data L1/L2 Signed: Bong Weng · The Registrar

Index card

The file at a glance

1995

Ballon d'Or · FIFA World Player

1st

African-born winner, still the only

Seasons in the ledger

Peak seasons ★

The ledger

Year-by-Year Attribute Matrix · 18 seasons

★ = peak season · ⇄ = transfer season · ▽ = valley. The matrix is rendered season by season from the local database: hard data (appearances/goals/honours) is audited public record; attribute values are arc-derived (L3), anchored to verified seasons. Method in the 1996 attribute master table.

Career attribute snapshots · Scale 1–99FILE #P00012⬇ Download this dossier as CSV

Season	Age	Pos	ATT					PLAY					DEF				PHY						MEN						OVR
			FIN	HEA	DRI	OFF	LSH	PAS	CRO	SET	THR	TOU	TAC	MAR	POS	INT	PAC	ACC	STA	STR	JUM	DUR	DEC	CMP	CON	LEA	WOR	FLA	OVR
1986	21		80	60	82	78	70	64	58	47	58	76	25	25	40	25	79	79	64	66	64	62	72	72	58	58	68	86	79
1987	22		81	61	83	79	71	65	59	48	59	77	25	25	41	25	80	80	65	67	65	63	72	72	58	58	68	86	80
1988	23		82	62	84	80	72	66	60	49	60	78	25	25	42	26	82	82	67	69	67	65	73	73	59	59	69	87	81
1988/89	23		82	62	84	80	72	66	60	49	60	78	25	25	42	26	83	83	68	70	68	66	73	73	59	59	69	87	82
1989/90	24		83	63	85	81	73	67	61	50	61	79	25	25	43	27	85	85	70	72	70	68	74	74	60	60	70	88	83
1990/91	25		84	64	86	82	74	68	62	51	62	80	26	25	44	28	86	86	71	73	71	69	74	74	60	60	70	88	84
1991/92	26		85	65	87	83	75	69	63	52	63	81	27	25	45	29	87	87	72	74	72	70	74	74	60	60	70	88	84
1992/93	27		86	66	88	84	76	70	64	53	64	82	28	25	46	30	89	89	74	76	74	72	75	75	61	61	71	89	85
1993/94	28		86	66	88	84	76	70	64	53	64	82	28	25	46	30	90	90	75	77	75	73	75	75	61	61	71	89	86
1994/95	29		87	67	89	85	77	71	65	54	65	83	29	25	47	31	92	92	77	79	77	75	76	76	62	62	72	90	87
1995/96		LW	88	68	90	86	78	72	66	55	66	84	30	25	48	32	93	93	78	80	78	76	76	76	62	62	72	90	88
1996/97	31		87	67	89	85	77	71	65	54	65	83	29	25	47	31	92	92	77	79	77	75	76	76	62	62	72	90	87
1997/98	32		86	66	88	84	76	70	64	53	64	82	28	25	46	30	90	90	75	77	75	73	75	75	61	61	71	89	86
1998/99	33		86	66	88	84	76	70	64	53	64	82	28	25	46	30	89	89	74	76	74	72	75	75	61	61	71	89	85
1999/00	34		85	65	87	83	75	69	63	52	63	81	27	25	45	29	87	87	72	74	72	70	74	74	60	60	70	88	84
2000/01	35		84	64	86	82	74	68	62	51	62	80	26	25	44	28	86	86	71	73	71	69	74	74	60	60	70	88	84
2001/02	36		83	63	85	81	73	67	61	50	61	79	25	25	43	27	85	85	70	72	70	68	74	74	60	60	70	88	83
2002/03	37		82	62	84	80	72	66	60	49	60	78	25	25	42	26	83	83	68	70	68	66	73	73	59	59	69	87	82

How to read

Reading the ledger

Follow two lines: the OVR column — every summit and valley of the curve lives there — and DUR (durability), the only column written by injuries rather than effort. Peaks are starred, valleys marked: the curve keeps every line. That is what a ledger is.

Method

Data Standard & Confidence

L1 · HighMulti-source agreed: career years, club path, major international honours (World Cup / continental / Ballon d'Or).
L2 · MediumSingle authoritative source: the fact card above (appearances, honours timeline) — editorial selection, not cross-checked line by line.
L3 · EditorialThe attribute matrix on this page: arc-derived (linear interpolation anchored to verified seasons + slope extrapolation); algorithm in scripts/db-careers.mjs.

Sources

S1 · Local database db/ballfact.sqlite · players/player_seasons/player_attributes (full-career hard data)

S2 · BallFact 1996 attribute master table (ballfact.com/players/1996/) · 1995/96 anchor season

S3 · Transfermarkt / RSSSF · appearance and transfer records (L2 cross-check)

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