Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 45 | |
| 1959 | 51 | |
| 1960 | 58 | |
| 1961 | 64 | |
| 1962 | 71 | |
| 1963 | 77 | |
| 1964 | 83 | |
| 1965 | 90 | |
| 1966 | 96 | |
| 1967 | 88 | |
| 1968 | 80 | |
| 1969 | 72 | |
| 1970 | 64 | |
| 1971 | 56 | |
| 1972 | 48 | |
| 1973 | 40 |
Data sources
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Pro Football Reference
- NFL official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Don Maynard ranks #31 in American Football
Don Maynard ranks 31st among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1495th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 340 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1958–1973 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 92. 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 career receptions 633, receiving yards 11834, receiving touchdowns 88, super bowl titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Jack Lambert on 89.5, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is T.J. Watt on 89.4. 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.
Don Maynard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Maynard stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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 Maynard comparisons
Don Maynard — frequently asked
- Is Don Maynard the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Don Maynard ranks 31st in American Football with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Don Maynard's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Don Maynard rank all time?
- 1495th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 31st within American Football.
- Don Maynard vs Jack Lambert: who ranks higher?
- Don Maynard, on 89.6 against Jack Lambert's 89.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.