Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 55 | |
| 1961 | 62 | |
| 1962 | 68 | |
| 1963 | 75 | |
| 1964 | 81 | |
| 1965 | 88 | |
| 1966 | 94 | |
| 1967 | 89 | |
| 1968 | 84 | |
| 1969 | 79 | |
| 1970 | 75 | |
| 1971 | 70 | |
| 1972 | 65 | |
| 1973 | 60 | |
| 1974 | 55 |
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 Jim Otto ranks #71 in American Football
Jim Otto ranks 71st among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1715th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1960–1974 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, 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 all-league selections 12, consecutive games played 210, pro bowls 12, afl titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Gatski on 88.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Warren Sapp 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.
Jim Otto GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Otto stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Otto comparisons
Jim Otto — frequently asked
- Is Jim Otto the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jim Otto ranks 71st in American Football with a GOAT Score of 88.3, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Jim Otto's GOAT Score?
- 88.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jim Otto rank all time?
- 1715th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 71st within American Football.
- Jim Otto vs Frank Gatski: who ranks higher?
- Frank Gatski, on 88.4 against Jim Otto's 88.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.