Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 242 | |
| 2002 | 208 | |
| 2003 | 212 | |
| 2004 | 262 | |
| 2005 | 206 | |
| 2006 | 224 | |
| 2007 | 238 | |
| 2008 | 213 | |
| 2009 | 225 | |
| 2010 | 214 | |
| 2011 | 184 | |
| 2012 | 178 | |
| 2013 | 136 | |
| 2014 | 102 | |
| 2015 | 95 | |
| 2016 | 91 | |
| 2017 | 50 | |
| 2018 | 9 |
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 Ichiro Suzuki ranks #26 in Baseball
Ichiro Suzuki ranks 26th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 328th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 92, 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 1992–2019 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 90. 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 mlb hits 3089, single-season hits record 262, gold gloves 10, mvp awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Justin Verlander on 88.8, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Satchel Paige on 88.3. 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.
Ichiro Suzuki GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ichiro stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 27 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- 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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Ichiro Suzuki — frequently asked
- Is Ichiro Suzuki the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ichiro Suzuki ranks 26th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Ichiro Suzuki's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ichiro Suzuki rank all time?
- 328th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 26th within Baseball.
- Ichiro Suzuki vs Justin Verlander: who ranks higher?
- Justin Verlander, on 88.8 against Ichiro Suzuki's 88.3 — a margin of 0.5 points.