Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 0.297 | |
| 1948 | 0.296 | |
| 1949 | 0.342 | |
| 1950 | 0.328 | |
| 1951 | 0.338 | |
| 1952 | 0.308 | |
| 1953 | 0.329 | |
| 1954 | 0.311 | |
| 1955 | 0.256 | |
| 1956 | 0.275 |
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 Jackie Robinson ranks #60 in Baseball
Jackie Robinson ranks 60th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 689th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1945–1956 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1949, 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 mvp awards 1, world series titles 1, all-star selections 6, batting titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Trout on 86.1, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Sandy Koufax on 86.6. 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.
Jackie Robinson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Robinson stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1949. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Robinson comparisons
Jackie Robinson — frequently asked
- Is Jackie Robinson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jackie Robinson ranks 60th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 85.2, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Jackie Robinson's GOAT Score?
- 85.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jackie Robinson rank all time?
- 689th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 60th within Baseball.
- Jackie Robinson vs Mike Trout: who ranks higher?
- Mike Trout, on 86.1 against Jackie Robinson's 85.2 — a margin of 0.9 points.