Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 25 | |
| 2013 | 28 | |
| 2014 | 44 | |
| 2015 | 36 | |
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 41 | |
| 2018 | 38 | |
| 2019 | 33 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 41 | |
| 2023 | 29 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 25 |
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 Kenley Jansen ranks #57 in Baseball
Kenley Jansen ranks 57th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1168th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 86, 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 2010–present with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career saves 460, all-star selections 4, world series titles 1, career era 2.6.
Immediately ahead sits Lee Smith on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Larry Walker on 88.7. 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.
Kenley Jansen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jansen stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Kenley Jansen — frequently asked
- Is Kenley Jansen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kenley Jansen ranks 57th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Kenley Jansen's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kenley Jansen rank all time?
- 1168th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 57th within Baseball.
- Kenley Jansen vs Lee Smith: who ranks higher?
- Kenley Jansen, on 88.7 against Lee Smith's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.