Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1043 | |
| 2005 | 3762 | |
| 2006 | 3244 | |
| 2007 | 3336 | |
| 2008 | 3238 | |
| 2009 | 4021 | |
| 2010 | 4002 | |
| 2011 | 4933 | |
| 2012 | 3948 | |
| 2013 | 3818 | |
| 2014 | 4410 | |
| 2015 | 4432 | |
| 2016 | 4027 | |
| 2017 | 3468 | |
| 2018 | 4299 | |
| 2019 | 1042 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eli Manning ranks #44 in American Football
Eli Manning ranks 44th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 645th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 88. 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 2004–2019 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 2, super bowl mvp awards 2, career passing yards 57023, career touchdown passes 366.
Immediately ahead sits Von Miller on 84.0, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Fran Tarkenton on 81.9. 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.
Eli Manning GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Manning stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Manning comparisons
Eli Manning — frequently asked
- Is Eli Manning the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eli Manning ranks 44th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Eli Manning's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eli Manning rank all time?
- 645th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within American Football.
- Eli Manning vs Von Miller: who ranks higher?
- Von Miller, on 84.0 against Eli Manning's 83.3 — a margin of 0.7 points.