Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 50 | |
| 1954 | 58 | |
| 1955 | 66 | |
| 1956 | 74 | |
| 1957 | 81 | |
| 1958 | 89 | |
| 1959 | 97 | |
| 1960 | 91 | |
| 1961 | 86 | |
| 1962 | 80 | |
| 1963 | 75 | |
| 1964 | 69 | |
| 1965 | 64 | |
| 1966 | 58 | |
| 1967 | 52 | |
| 1968 | 47 | |
| 1969 | 41 | |
| 1970 | 36 | |
| 1971 | 30 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ernie Banks ranks #151 in Baseball
Ernie Banks ranks 151st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2485th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1953–1971 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1959, 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 career home runs 512, mvp awards 2, all-star selections 14, career rbis 1636.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Chance on 86.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kirby Puckett on 86.4. 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.
Ernie Banks GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Banks 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 1959. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Banks comparisons
Ernie Banks — frequently asked
- Is Ernie Banks the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ernie Banks ranks 151st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Ernie Banks's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ernie Banks rank all time?
- 2485th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 151st within Baseball.
- Ernie Banks vs Frank Chance: who ranks higher?
- Ernie Banks, on 86.5 against Frank Chance's 86.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.