Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 3 | |
| 1960 | 3 | |
| 1961 | 13 | |
| 1962 | 15 | |
| 1963 | 18 | |
| 1964 | 19 | |
| 1965 | 20 | |
| 1966 | 21 | |
| 1967 | 13 | |
| 1968 | 22 | |
| 1969 | 20 | |
| 1970 | 23 | |
| 1971 | 16 | |
| 1972 | 19 | |
| 1973 | 12 | |
| 1974 | 11 | |
| 1975 | 3 |
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 Bob Gibson ranks #48 in Baseball
Bob Gibson ranks 48th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 482nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1959–1975 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 2, mvp awards 1, world series titles 2, world series mvp 2.
Immediately ahead sits Clayton Kershaw on 87.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Joe DiMaggio on 88.3. 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.
Bob Gibson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gibson stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Gibson comparisons
Bob Gibson — frequently asked
- Is Bob Gibson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Gibson ranks 48th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Bob Gibson's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Gibson rank all time?
- 482nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 48th within Baseball.
- Bob Gibson vs Clayton Kershaw: who ranks higher?
- Bob Gibson, on 87.8 against Clayton Kershaw's 87.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.