Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 20 | |
| 1984 | 48 | |
| 1985 | 30 | |
| 1986 | 44 | |
| 1987 | 26 | |
| 1988 | 28 | |
| 1989 | 24 | |
| 1990 | 21 | |
| 1991 | 25 | |
| 1992 | 24 | |
| 1993 | 8 | |
| 1994 | 30 | |
| 1995 | 24 | |
| 1996 | 17 | |
| 1997 | 16 | |
| 1998 | 23 | |
| 1999 | 12 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dan Marino ranks #13 in American Football
Dan Marino ranks 13th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 397th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 93, Longevity 88, Honours 80, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 378 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1983–1999 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 93. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, passing yards 61361, touchdown passes 420, pro bowls 9.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Montana on 88.7, a gap of 1.4 points. Directly behind is Walter Payton on 87.6. 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.
Dan Marino GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Marino stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Marino comparisons
Dan Marino — frequently asked
- Is Dan Marino the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dan Marino ranks 13th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Dan Marino's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dan Marino rank all time?
- 397th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within American Football.
- Dan Marino vs Joe Montana: who ranks higher?
- Joe Montana, on 88.7 against Dan Marino's 87.3 — a margin of 1.4 points.