Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 15 | |
| 1969 | 26 | |
| 1970 | 45 | |
| 1971 | 27 | |
| 1972 | 40 | |
| 1973 | 25 | |
| 1974 | 33 | |
| 1975 | 28 | |
| 1976 | 16 | |
| 1977 | 31 | |
| 1978 | 23 | |
| 1979 | 22 | |
| 1980 | 24 | |
| 1981 | 8 | |
| 1982 | 13 | |
| 1983 | 12 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Johnny Bench ranks #52 in Baseball
Johnny Bench ranks 52nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 509th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1967–1983 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, 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 mvp awards 2, gold gloves 10, world series titles 2, world series mvp 1.
Immediately ahead sits Willie Stargell on 86.7, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Frank Thomas on 87.1. 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.
Johnny Bench GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bench stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Bench comparisons
Johnny Bench — frequently asked
- Is Johnny Bench the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Johnny Bench ranks 52nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Johnny Bench's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Johnny Bench rank all time?
- 509th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 52nd within Baseball.
- Johnny Bench vs Willie Stargell: who ranks higher?
- Johnny Bench, on 87.1 against Willie Stargell's 86.7 — a margin of 0.4 points.