Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4.26 | |
| 2009 | 2.79 | |
| 2010 | 2.91 | |
| 2011 | 2.28 | |
| 2012 | 2.53 | |
| 2013 | 1.83 | |
| 2014 | 1.77 | |
| 2015 | 2.13 | |
| 2016 | 1.69 | |
| 2017 | 2.31 | |
| 2018 | 2.73 | |
| 2019 | 3.03 | |
| 2020 | 2.16 | |
| 2021 | 3.55 | |
| 2022 | 2.28 | |
| 2023 | 2.46 | |
| 2024 | 4.5 | |
| 2025 | 3.36 |
Data sources
- MLB
- 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 Clayton Kershaw ranks #47 in Baseball
Clayton Kershaw ranks 47th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 474th 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 92, Longevity 84, Honours 88, 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 2008–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 3, league mvp awards 1, world series titles 2, era titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Roberto Clemente on 87.4, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Bob Gibson on 87.8. 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.
Clayton Kershaw GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kershaw stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2024. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Clayton Kershaw — frequently asked
- Is Clayton Kershaw the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Clayton Kershaw ranks 47th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Clayton Kershaw's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Clayton Kershaw rank all time?
- 474th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 47th within Baseball.
- Clayton Kershaw vs Roberto Clemente: who ranks higher?
- Clayton Kershaw, on 87.8 against Roberto Clemente's 87.4 — a margin of 0.4 points.