Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 45 | |
| 1947 | 56 | |
| 1948 | 66 | |
| 1949 | 77 | |
| 1950 | 87 | |
| 1951 | 98 | |
| 1952 | 87 | |
| 1953 | 75 | |
| 1954 | 64 | |
| 1955 | 53 | |
| 1956 | 41 | |
| 1957 | 30 |
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 Elroy Hirsch ranks #144 in American Football
Elroy Hirsch ranks 144th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 2011th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1946–1957 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1951, 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 league titles 1, touchdowns in 1951 17, receiving yards in 1951 1495, career receiving yards 7029.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Gore on 86.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ken Houston on 86.8. 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.
Elroy Hirsch GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hirsch stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1951. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Elroy Hirsch — frequently asked
- Is Elroy Hirsch the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Elroy Hirsch ranks 144th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Elroy Hirsch's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Elroy Hirsch rank all time?
- 2011th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 144th within American Football.
- Elroy Hirsch vs Frank Gore: who ranks higher?
- Elroy Hirsch, on 86.9 against Frank Gore's 86.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.