Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 50 | |
| 1964 | 62 | |
| 1965 | 74 | |
| 1966 | 85 | |
| 1967 | 97 | |
| 1968 | 85 | |
| 1969 | 72 | |
| 1970 | 60 | |
| 1971 | 47 | |
| 1972 | 35 |
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 John Mackey ranks #181 in American Football
John Mackey ranks 181st among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 2170th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 86, 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 1963–1972 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1967, 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 super bowl titles 1, pro bowls 5, career receptions 331, receiving yards 5236.
Immediately ahead sits Ozzie Newsome on 86.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Benny Friedman on 86.3. 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.
John Mackey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mackey stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1967. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Mackey comparisons
John Mackey — frequently asked
- Is John Mackey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. John Mackey ranks 181st in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is John Mackey's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does John Mackey rank all time?
- 2170th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 181st within American Football.
- John Mackey vs Ozzie Newsome: who ranks higher?
- John Mackey, on 86.3 against Ozzie Newsome's 86.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.