Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 | |
| 1999 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 10 | |
| 2001 | 18 | |
| 2002 | 20 | |
| 2003 | 31 | |
| 2004 | 41 | |
| 2005 | 47 | |
| 2006 | 54 | |
| 2007 | 35 | |
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 28 | |
| 2010 | 32 | |
| 2011 | 29 | |
| 2012 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 30 | |
| 2014 | 35 | |
| 2015 | 37 | |
| 2016 | 38 |
Data sources
- MLB
- 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 David Ortiz ranks #58 in Baseball
David Ortiz ranks 58th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 600th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1997–2016 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 3, world series mvp awards 1, home runs 541, all-star selections 10.
Immediately ahead sits Josh Gibson on 87.8, a gap of 2.7 points. Directly behind is Mike Trout on 86.1. 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.
David Ortiz GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ortiz stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Ortiz comparisons
David Ortiz — frequently asked
- Is David Ortiz the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Ortiz ranks 58th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.1, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is David Ortiz's GOAT Score?
- 85.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Ortiz rank all time?
- 600th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 58th within Baseball.
- David Ortiz vs Josh Gibson: who ranks higher?
- Josh Gibson, on 87.8 against David Ortiz's 85.1 — a margin of 2.7 points.