Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe Thomas ranks #36 in American Football
Joe Thomas ranks 36th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 617th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 84, 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 2007–2017 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, 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 pro bowl selections 10, all-pro first teams 6, consecutive snaps record 10363, hall of fame inductions 1.
Immediately ahead sits Ed Reed on 84.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Barry Sanders on 86.5. 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 Thomas GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Thomas stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Thomas comparisons
Joe Thomas — frequently asked
- Is Joe Thomas the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Thomas ranks 36th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 84.4, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Joe Thomas's GOAT Score?
- 84.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Thomas rank all time?
- 617th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within American Football.
- Joe Thomas vs Ed Reed: who ranks higher?
- Ed Reed, on 84.5 against Joe Thomas's 84.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.