Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 37 | |
| 2002 | 34 | |
| 2003 | 43 | |
| 2004 | 46 | |
| 2005 | 41 | |
| 2006 | 49 | |
| 2007 | 32 | |
| 2008 | 37 | |
| 2009 | 47 | |
| 2010 | 42 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 30 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 40 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 23 | |
| 2018 | 19 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 24 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Albert Pujols ranks #19 in Baseball
Albert Pujols ranks 19th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 305th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 94. 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 2001–2022 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 3, home runs 703, world series titles 2, career rbis 2218.
Immediately ahead sits Honus Wagner on 89.8, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Derek Jeter on 88.4. 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.
Albert Pujols GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pujols stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Albert Pujols — frequently asked
- Is Albert Pujols the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Albert Pujols ranks 19th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.2, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Albert Pujols's GOAT Score?
- 89.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Albert Pujols rank all time?
- 305th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 19th within Baseball.
- Albert Pujols vs Honus Wagner: who ranks higher?
- Honus Wagner, on 89.8 against Albert Pujols's 89.2 — a margin of 0.6 points.