Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 | |
| 1962 | 59 | |
| 1963 | 68 | |
| 1964 | 78 | |
| 1965 | 87 | |
| 1966 | 96 | |
| 1967 | 87 | |
| 1968 | 77 | |
| 1969 | 68 | |
| 1970 | 59 | |
| 1971 | 49 | |
| 1972 | 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 Herb Adderley ranks #25 in American Football
Herb Adderley ranks 25th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1434th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 96, Statistics 90. 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 1961–1972 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 3, nfl titles 5, career interceptions 48, pro bowls 5.
Immediately ahead sits Cris Carter on 89.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Champ Bailey 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.
Herb Adderley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Adderley stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Adderley comparisons
Herb Adderley — frequently asked
- Is Herb Adderley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Herb Adderley ranks 25th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Herb Adderley's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Herb Adderley rank all time?
- 1434th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within American Football.
- Herb Adderley vs Cris Carter: who ranks higher?
- Herb Adderley, on 89.9 against Cris Carter's 89.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.