Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 50 | |
| 1975 | 56 | |
| 1976 | 63 | |
| 1977 | 69 | |
| 1978 | 76 | |
| 1979 | 82 | |
| 1980 | 89 | |
| 1981 | 95 | |
| 1982 | 89 | |
| 1983 | 83 | |
| 1984 | 77 | |
| 1985 | 71 | |
| 1986 | 65 | |
| 1987 | 58 | |
| 1988 | 52 | |
| 1989 | 46 | |
| 1990 | 40 | |
| 1991 | 34 | |
| 1992 | 28 |
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 Gary Carter ranks #202 in Baseball
Gary Carter ranks 202nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2864th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1974–1992 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1981, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 11, gold gloves 3, world series titles 1, career home runs 324.
Immediately ahead sits Bud Fowler on 83.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Earl Averill on 83.4. 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.
Gary Carter GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Carter stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1981. Scored 90/100.
- 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.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Carter comparisons
Gary Carter — frequently asked
- Is Gary Carter the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gary Carter ranks 202nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Gary Carter's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gary Carter rank all time?
- 2864th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 202nd within Baseball.
- Gary Carter vs Bud Fowler: who ranks higher?
- Gary Carter, on 83.6 against Bud Fowler's 83.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.