Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.305 | |
| 2011 | 0.284 | |
| 2012 | 0.336 | |
| 2013 | 0.294 | |
| 2014 | 0.311 | |
| 2015 | 0.318 | |
| 2016 | 0.288 | |
| 2017 | 0.32 | |
| 2018 | 0.284 | |
| 2019 | 0.257 | |
| 2020 | 0.304 |
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 Buster Posey ranks #113 in Baseball
Buster Posey ranks 113th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1308th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 90, 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 2009–2021 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, 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 world series titles 3, mvp awards 1, all-star selections 7, batting titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Yu Darvish on 87.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Masahiro Tanaka on 87.5. 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.
Buster Posey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Posey stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Buster Posey — frequently asked
- Is Buster Posey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Buster Posey ranks 113th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Buster Posey's GOAT Score?
- 87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Buster Posey rank all time?
- 1308th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 113th within Baseball.
- Buster Posey vs Yu Darvish: who ranks higher?
- Buster Posey, on 87.6 against Yu Darvish's 87.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.