Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 18 | |
| 1989 | 19 | |
| 1990 | 15 | |
| 1991 | 15 | |
| 1992 | 20 | |
| 1993 | 20 | |
| 1994 | 16 | |
| 1995 | 19 | |
| 1996 | 15 | |
| 1997 | 19 | |
| 1998 | 18 | |
| 1999 | 19 | |
| 2000 | 19 | |
| 2001 | 17 | |
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 8 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Greg Maddux ranks #17 in Baseball
Greg Maddux ranks 17th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 276th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 86, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1986–2008 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 4, career wins 355, gold gloves 18, world series titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Rickey Henderson on 89.1, a gap of -0.2 points. Directly behind is Honus Wagner on 89.8. 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.
Greg Maddux GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Maddux stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Greg Maddux — frequently asked
- Is Greg Maddux the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Greg Maddux ranks 17th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Greg Maddux's GOAT Score?
- 89.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Greg Maddux rank all time?
- 276th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Baseball.
- Greg Maddux vs Rickey Henderson: who ranks higher?
- Greg Maddux, on 89.3 against Rickey Henderson's 89.1 — a margin of 0.2 points.