Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 52 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 39 | |
| 2022 | 62 | |
| 2023 | 37 | |
| 2024 | 58 | |
| 2025 | 45 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Aaron Judge ranks #64 in Baseball
Aaron Judge ranks 64th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 928th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 62, Honours 76, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2016–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2022, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 2, home run titles 3, all-star selections 6, career home runs 320.
Immediately ahead sits Mookie Betts on 79.8, a gap of 1.0 points. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Aaron Judge GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Judge stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2022. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Judge comparisons
Aaron Judge — frequently asked
- Is Aaron Judge the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Aaron Judge ranks 64th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 78.8, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Aaron Judge's GOAT Score?
- 78.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Aaron Judge rank all time?
- 928th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 64th within Baseball.
- Aaron Judge vs Mookie Betts: who ranks higher?
- Mookie Betts, on 79.8 against Aaron Judge's 78.8 — a margin of 1.0 points.