Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 20 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 42 | |
| 2016 | 24 | |
| 2017 | 29 | |
| 2018 | 34 | |
| 2019 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 35 | |
| 2022 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 21 | |
| 2024 | 30 | |
| 2025 | 27 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bryce Harper ranks #104 in Baseball
Bryce Harper ranks 104th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1290th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 2010–present with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, 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 mvp awards 2, all-star selections 8, career home runs 350, silver sluggers 3.
Immediately ahead sits Hank Greenberg on 87.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Tony Pérez on 87.7. 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.
Bryce Harper GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Harper 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 2015. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Harper comparisons
Bryce Harper — frequently asked
- Is Bryce Harper the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bryce Harper ranks 104th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bryce Harper's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bryce Harper rank all time?
- 1290th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 104th within Baseball.
- Bryce Harper vs Hank Greenberg: who ranks higher?
- Bryce Harper, on 87.7 against Hank Greenberg's 87.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.