Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 60 | |
| 1933 | 67 | |
| 1934 | 74 | |
| 1935 | 82 | |
| 1936 | 89 | |
| 1937 | 96 |
Data sources
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- NFL official records
- Pro-Football-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cliff Battles ranks #333 in American Football
Cliff Battles ranks 333rd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 2951st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 62, Honours 82, 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 1932–1937 with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, 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 nfl titles 1, rushing titles 2, first-team all-pro selections 3, career rushing yards 3622.
Immediately ahead sits Troy Aikman on 81.4, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Roger Staubach on 80.4. 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.
Cliff Battles GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Battles stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 5 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Cliff Battles — frequently asked
- Is Cliff Battles the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cliff Battles ranks 333rd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 80.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Cliff Battles's GOAT Score?
- 80.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cliff Battles rank all time?
- 2951st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 333rd within American Football.
- Cliff Battles vs Troy Aikman: who ranks higher?
- Troy Aikman, on 81.4 against Cliff Battles's 80.6 — a margin of 0.8 points.