Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17 | |
| 2003 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 27 | |
| 2005 | 24 | |
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 28 | |
| 2008 | 34 | |
| 2009 | 34 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 46 | |
| 2012 | 43 | |
| 2013 | 39 | |
| 2014 | 33 | |
| 2015 | 32 | |
| 2016 | 37 | |
| 2017 | 23 | |
| 2018 | 32 | |
| 2019 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 24 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Drew Brees ranks #4 in American Football
Drew Brees ranks 4th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 246th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 84, Statistics 96. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 378 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2001–2020 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 1, super bowl mvp 1, passing yards 80358, touchdown passes 571.
Immediately ahead sits Peyton Manning on 90.7, a gap of 2.1 points. Directly behind is Brett Favre on 87.9. 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.
Drew Brees GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brees stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Brees comparisons
Drew Brees — frequently asked
- Is Drew Brees the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Drew Brees ranks 4th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 88.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Drew Brees's GOAT Score?
- 88.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Drew Brees rank all time?
- 246th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 4th within American Football.
- Drew Brees vs Peyton Manning: who ranks higher?
- Peyton Manning, on 90.7 against Drew Brees's 88.6 — a margin of 2.1 points.