Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 45 | |
| 1988 | 51 | |
| 1989 | 57 | |
| 1990 | 62 | |
| 1991 | 68 | |
| 1992 | 74 | |
| 1993 | 80 | |
| 1994 | 85 | |
| 1995 | 91 | |
| 1996 | 97 | |
| 1997 | 88 | |
| 1998 | 80 | |
| 1999 | 71 | |
| 2000 | 62 | |
| 2001 | 54 | |
| 2002 | 45 |
Data sources
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Pro Football Reference
- NFL official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cris Carter ranks #24 in American Football
Cris Carter ranks 24th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1433rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 96. 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 1987–2002 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, which sets the Peak component at 94. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career receptions 1101, receiving touchdowns 130, receiving yards 13899, pro bowls 8.
Immediately ahead sits Paul Krause on 90.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Herb Adderley on 89.9. 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.
Cris Carter GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carter stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1996. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Carter comparisons
Cris Carter — frequently asked
- Is Cris Carter the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cris Carter ranks 24th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Cris Carter's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cris Carter rank all time?
- 1433rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within American Football.
- Cris Carter vs Paul Krause: who ranks higher?
- Paul Krause, on 90.0 against Cris Carter's 89.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.