Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 869 | |
| 2018 | 566 | |
| 2019 | 1161 | |
| 2020 | 974 | |
| 2021 | 1947 | |
| 2022 | 812 | |
| 2023 | 737 | |
| 2024 | 710 |
Data sources
- NFL.com
- Pro Football Reference
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cooper Kupp ranks #79 in American Football
Cooper Kupp ranks 79th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1254th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 96, Longevity 74, Honours 86, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 381 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2017–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl mvp awards 1, receiving triple crowns 1, career receiving yards 7500, pro bowls 3.
Immediately ahead sits Michael Strahan on 86.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ronnie Lott on 85.9. 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.
Cooper Kupp GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kupp stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- 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 Kupp comparisons
Cooper Kupp — frequently asked
- Is Cooper Kupp the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cooper Kupp ranks 79th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Cooper Kupp's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cooper Kupp rank all time?
- 1254th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 79th within American Football.
- Cooper Kupp vs Michael Strahan: who ranks higher?
- Cooper Kupp, on 86.0 against Michael Strahan's 86.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.