Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 64
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 37 | |
| 2025 | 25 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gunnar Henderson ranks #189 in Baseball
Gunnar Henderson ranks 189th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1852nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 64, Honours 76, Statistics 90. 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 2022–present with 4 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, 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 rookie of the year awards 1, silver sluggers 1, all-star selections 1, career home runs 80.
Immediately ahead sits Mookie Betts on 79.8, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Aaron Judge on 78.8. 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.
Gunnar Henderson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Henderson 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 2024. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity64/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 4 years of competition and 4 recorded seasons. Scored 64/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Henderson comparisons
Gunnar Henderson — frequently asked
- Is Gunnar Henderson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gunnar Henderson ranks 189th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 79.0, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Gunnar Henderson's GOAT Score?
- 79.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 64 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gunnar Henderson rank all time?
- 1852nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 189th within Baseball.
- Gunnar Henderson vs Mookie Betts: who ranks higher?
- Mookie Betts, on 79.8 against Gunnar Henderson's 79.0 — a margin of 0.8 points.