Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 29 | |
| 1965 | 20 | |
| 1966 | 34 | |
| 1967 | 23 | |
| 1968 | 33 | |
| 1969 | 32 | |
| 1970 | 34 | |
| 1971 | 23 | |
| 1972 | 37 | |
| 1973 | 16 | |
| 1974 | 32 | |
| 1975 | 12 | |
| 1976 | 15 |
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 Dick Allen ranks #178 in Baseball
Dick Allen ranks 178th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1629th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 72, Honours 80, 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 1963–1977 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 mvp awards 1, career home runs 351, career ops 0.912, all-star selections 7.
Immediately ahead sits Nomar Garciaparra on 84.2, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Shohei Ohtani on 83.7. 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.
Dick Allen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Allen stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Allen comparisons
Dick Allen — frequently asked
- Is Dick Allen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dick Allen ranks 178th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Dick Allen's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dick Allen rank all time?
- 1629th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 178th within Baseball.
- Dick Allen vs Nomar Garciaparra: who ranks higher?
- Nomar Garciaparra, on 84.2 against Dick Allen's 84.0 — a margin of 0.2 points.