Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 183 | |
| 1997 | 190 | |
| 1998 | 203 | |
| 1999 | 219 | |
| 2000 | 201 | |
| 2001 | 191 | |
| 2002 | 191 | |
| 2003 | 156 | |
| 2004 | 188 | |
| 2005 | 202 | |
| 2006 | 214 | |
| 2007 | 206 | |
| 2008 | 179 | |
| 2009 | 212 | |
| 2010 | 179 | |
| 2011 | 162 | |
| 2012 | 216 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 149 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Derek Jeter ranks #20 in Baseball
Derek Jeter ranks 20th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 314th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 92, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1992–2014 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 5, career hits 3465, all-star selections 14, gold gloves 5.
Immediately ahead sits Albert Pujols on 89.2, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Cal Ripken Jr. 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.
Derek Jeter GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jeter stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Jeter comparisons
Derek Jeter — frequently asked
- Is Derek Jeter the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Derek Jeter ranks 20th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Derek Jeter's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Derek Jeter rank all time?
- 314th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 20th within Baseball.
- Derek Jeter vs Albert Pujols: who ranks higher?
- Albert Pujols, on 89.2 against Derek Jeter's 88.4 — a margin of 0.8 points.