Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 0.296 | |
| 1985 | 0.288 | |
| 1986 | 0.328 | |
| 1987 | 0.332 | |
| 1988 | 0.356 | |
| 1989 | 0.339 | |
| 1990 | 0.298 | |
| 1991 | 0.319 | |
| 1992 | 0.329 | |
| 1993 | 0.296 | |
| 1994 | 0.317 | |
| 1995 | 0.314 |
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 Kirby Puckett ranks #143 in Baseball
Kirby Puckett ranks 143rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1429th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 1984–1995 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1988, 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 world series titles 2, all-star selections 10, gold gloves 6, batting titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Frank Chance on 86.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Hilton Smith on 86.4. 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.
Kirby Puckett GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Puckett stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1988. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Puckett comparisons
Kirby Puckett — frequently asked
- Is Kirby Puckett the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kirby Puckett ranks 143rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Kirby Puckett's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kirby Puckett rank all time?
- 1429th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 143rd within Baseball.
- Kirby Puckett vs Frank Chance: who ranks higher?
- Frank Chance, on 86.5 against Kirby Puckett's 86.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.