Career home runs
512
MVP awards
2
All-Star selections
14
Career RBIs
1,636
Gold Gloves
1
Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index 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
Last verified: 2026-09-14
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 #151 in Baseball and #2658 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 86.5/100.
The verified career covers 1953–1971 and 19 documented seasons. Peak is 94/100, with Peak the strongest category at 94/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Career home runs 512, MVP awards 2, All-Star selections 14, Career RBIs 1636.
Nearest context: ahead Frank Chance (86.5); behind Kirby Puckett (86.4). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Ernie Banks GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 82/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Banks comparisons
Ernie Banks — frequently asked
- Is Ernie Banks the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Ernie Banks ranks #151 in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.5/100, behind Babe Ruth (94.6).
- What is Ernie Banks's GOAT Score?
- 86.5/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%).
- Where does Ernie Banks rank all time?
- #2658 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #151 in Baseball.
- Ernie Banks vs Frank Chance: who ranks higher?
- Ernie Banks ranks higher at 86.5 versus Frank Chance at 86.5, a margin of 0.0 points.