Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 36 | |
| 1997 | 23 | |
| 1998 | 42 | |
| 1999 | 42 | |
| 2000 | 41 | |
| 2001 | 52 | |
| 2002 | 57 | |
| 2003 | 47 | |
| 2004 | 36 | |
| 2005 | 48 | |
| 2006 | 35 | |
| 2007 | 54 | |
| 2008 | 35 | |
| 2009 | 30 | |
| 2010 | 30 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 33 | |
| 2015 | 9 |
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 Alex Rodriguez ranks #32 in Baseball
Alex Rodriguez ranks 32nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 350th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 84, 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 1994–2016 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, 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 696, career rbis 2086, all-star selections 14.
Immediately ahead sits Tris Speaker on 88.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Tom Seaver on 88.0. 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.
Alex Rodriguez GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rodriguez stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Rodriguez comparisons
Alex Rodriguez — frequently asked
- Is Alex Rodriguez the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alex Rodriguez ranks 32nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Alex Rodriguez's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alex Rodriguez rank all time?
- 350th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Baseball.
- Alex Rodriguez vs Tris Speaker: who ranks higher?
- Tris Speaker, on 88.4 against Alex Rodriguez's 88.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.