Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 3 | |
| 1974 | 20 | |
| 1975 | 15 | |
| 1976 | 13 | |
| 1977 | 25 | |
| 1978 | 24 | |
| 1979 | 34 | |
| 1980 | 20 | |
| 1981 | 13 | |
| 1982 | 37 | |
| 1983 | 32 | |
| 1984 | 19 | |
| 1985 | 26 | |
| 1986 | 24 | |
| 1987 | 27 | |
| 1988 | 25 | |
| 1989 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 21 | |
| 1991 | 28 | |
| 1992 | 26 | |
| 1993 | 21 | |
| 1994 | 10 | |
| 1995 | 2 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- 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 Dave Winfield ranks #29 in Baseball
Dave Winfield ranks 29th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1040th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 94, Honours 88, Statistics 94. 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 1973–1995 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 12, gold gloves 7, career hits 3110, career home runs 465.
Immediately ahead sits Bob Feller on 89.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Honus Wagner on 89.8. 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.
Dave Winfield GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Winfield stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Winfield comparisons
Dave Winfield — frequently asked
- Is Dave Winfield the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dave Winfield ranks 29th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Dave Winfield's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dave Winfield rank all time?
- 1040th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Baseball.
- Dave Winfield vs Bob Feller: who ranks higher?
- Dave Winfield, on 89.9 against Bob Feller's 89.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.