Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 50 | |
| 1951 | 56 | |
| 1952 | 61 | |
| 1953 | 67 | |
| 1954 | 73 | |
| 1955 | 78 | |
| 1956 | 84 | |
| 1957 | 89 | |
| 1958 | 95 | |
| 1959 | 77 | |
| 1960 | 58 | |
| 1961 | 40 |
Data sources
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Pro Football Reference
- NFL official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Art Donovan ranks #229 in American Football
Art Donovan ranks 229th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 2336th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 340 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1950–1961 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, 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 nfl titles 2, pro bowls 5, all-pro selections 4, seasons played 12.
Immediately ahead sits Stan Jones on 85.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Fred Dean on 85.4. 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.
Art Donovan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Donovan stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Donovan comparisons
Art Donovan — frequently asked
- Is Art Donovan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Art Donovan ranks 229th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Art Donovan's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Art Donovan rank all time?
- 2336th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 229th within American Football.
- Art Donovan vs Stan Jones: who ranks higher?
- Art Donovan, on 85.4 against Stan Jones's 85.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.