Category profile
- Dominance
- 89
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15 | |
| 1981 | 19 | |
| 1982 | 17 | |
| 1983 | 26 | |
| 1984 | 28 | |
| 1985 | 27 | |
| 1986 | 8 | |
| 1987 | 31 | |
| 1988 | 18 | |
| 1989 | 26 | |
| 1990 | 26 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 13 | |
| 1993 | 16 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe Montana ranks #12 in American Football
Joe Montana ranks 12th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 396th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 89, Peak 93, Longevity 82, Honours 91, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 378 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1979–1994 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 4, super bowl mvp 3, mvp awards 2, pro bowls 8.
Immediately ahead sits Junior Seau on 86.4, a gap of -2.3 points. Directly behind is Dan Marino on 87.3. 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.
Joe Montana GOAT Score explained
- Dominance89/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Montana stood above the field while competing. Scored 89/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Montana comparisons
Joe Montana — frequently asked
- Is Joe Montana the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Montana ranks 12th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Joe Montana's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 89 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Montana rank all time?
- 396th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 12th within American Football.
- Joe Montana vs Junior Seau: who ranks higher?
- Joe Montana, on 88.7 against Junior Seau's 86.4 — a margin of 2.3 points.