Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 42 | |
| 1960 | 31 | |
| 1961 | 46 | |
| 1962 | 48 | |
| 1963 | 45 | |
| 1964 | 49 | |
| 1965 | 25 | |
| 1966 | 39 | |
| 1967 | 44 | |
| 1968 | 17 | |
| 1969 | 49 | |
| 1970 | 41 | |
| 1971 | 28 | |
| 1972 | 26 | |
| 1973 | 5 | |
| 1974 | 13 | |
| 1975 | 14 |
Data sources
- MLB
- 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 Harmon Killebrew ranks #44 in Baseball
Harmon Killebrew ranks 44th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 459th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 94. 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 1954–1975 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career home runs 573, mvp awards 1, home run titles 6, all-star selections 13.
Immediately ahead sits Mickey Mantle on 88.5, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Pedro Martínez on 88.6. 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.
Harmon Killebrew GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Killebrew stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Harmon Killebrew — frequently asked
- Is Harmon Killebrew the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Harmon Killebrew ranks 44th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Harmon Killebrew's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Harmon Killebrew rank all time?
- 459th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Baseball.
- Harmon Killebrew vs Mickey Mantle: who ranks higher?
- Mickey Mantle, on 88.5 against Harmon Killebrew's 87.5 — a margin of 1.0 points.