Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 22 | |
| 1976 | 25 | |
| 1977 | 39 | |
| 1978 | 46 | |
| 1979 | 39 | |
| 1980 | 24 | |
| 1981 | 17 | |
| 1982 | 24 | |
| 1983 | 39 | |
| 1984 | 28 | |
| 1985 | 27 | |
| 1986 | 20 | |
| 1987 | 13 | |
| 1988 | 13 | |
| 1989 | 3 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- 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 Jim Rice ranks #115 in Baseball
Jim Rice ranks 115th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1310th of 2289 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 94, Longevity 84, 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 1974–1989 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, all-star selections 8, career home runs 382, career rbis 1451.
Immediately ahead sits Masahiro Tanaka on 87.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Juan Soto on 87.6. 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.
Jim Rice GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rice stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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.
Top Rice comparisons
Jim Rice — frequently asked
- Is Jim Rice the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jim Rice ranks 115th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Jim Rice's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jim Rice rank all time?
- 1310th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 115th within Baseball.
- Jim Rice vs Masahiro Tanaka: who ranks higher?
- Jim Rice, on 87.5 against Masahiro Tanaka's 87.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.