Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 55 | |
| 1927 | 70 | |
| 1928 | 84 | |
| 1929 | 99 | |
| 1930 | 72 | |
| 1931 | 45 |
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 Ernie Nevers ranks #196 in American Football
Ernie Nevers ranks 196th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 2218th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 68, Honours 86, 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 1926–1931 with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1929, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes points in one game 40, all-pro selections 5, career touchdowns 38, seasons played 5.
Immediately ahead sits Cooper Kupp on 86.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ronnie Lott on 85.9. 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.
Ernie Nevers GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nevers stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1929. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 5 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- 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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Ernie Nevers — frequently asked
- Is Ernie Nevers the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ernie Nevers ranks 196th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Ernie Nevers's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ernie Nevers rank all time?
- 2218th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 196th within American Football.
- Ernie Nevers vs Cooper Kupp: who ranks higher?
- Ernie Nevers, on 86.0 against Cooper Kupp's 86.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.