Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 50 | |
| 1973 | 62 | |
| 1974 | 73 | |
| 1975 | 85 | |
| 1976 | 96 | |
| 1977 | 89 | |
| 1978 | 82 | |
| 1979 | 75 | |
| 1980 | 68 | |
| 1981 | 61 | |
| 1982 | 54 | |
| 1983 | 47 | |
| 1984 | 40 |
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 Franco Harris ranks #22 in American Football
Franco Harris ranks 22nd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1416th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 94, Statistics 94. 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 1972–1984 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1976, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours 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 super bowl titles 4, super bowl mvp awards 1, career rushing yards 12120, pro bowls 9.
Immediately ahead sits Justin Tucker on 90.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Paul Krause on 90.0. 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.
Franco Harris GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Harris stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1976. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Harris comparisons
Franco Harris — frequently asked
- Is Franco Harris the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Franco Harris ranks 22nd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 90.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Franco Harris's GOAT Score?
- 90.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Franco Harris rank all time?
- 1416th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within American Football.
- Franco Harris vs Justin Tucker: who ranks higher?
- Franco Harris, on 90.0 against Justin Tucker's 90.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.