Leaving aside all of the issues of how statistical measures can represent sporting achievement, the "raw" numbers on soccer certainly present a problem for anyone trying to compare the degree to which Pele could be said to be "better" than possible rivals with Bradman's astonishing edge over all other Test batsmen (avg of 100 vs 60 for nearest rival). The era-adjusted numbers establish support for the consensus view of Pele but his edge in goalscoring is only about 10%. Pele was not only a goalscorer, of course, especially towards the end of his career, but some great players were never at any point primarily goalscorers (e.g.Beckenbauer, Moore). Absent some method of measuring the contribution of non-goalscorers, scoring goals is just about all that's available in football and, as far as it goes, this seems to confirm the singularity of "the Don's" achievements.