Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 40 | |
| 1958 | 46 | |
| 1959 | 51 | |
| 1960 | 57 | |
| 1961 | 63 | |
| 1962 | 69 | |
| 1963 | 74 | |
| 1964 | 80 | |
| 1965 | 86 | |
| 1966 | 91 | |
| 1967 | 97 | |
| 1968 | 89 | |
| 1969 | 80 | |
| 1970 | 72 | |
| 1971 | 64 | |
| 1972 | 55 | |
| 1973 | 47 | |
| 1974 | 38 | |
| 1975 | 30 |
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 Len Dawson ranks #36 in American Football
Len Dawson ranks 36th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1557th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 92. 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 1957–1975 with 19 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, super bowl mvp awards 1, afl titles 3, passing touchdowns 239.
Immediately ahead sits Randy White on 89.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Bill George on 89.2. 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.
Len Dawson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dawson stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1967. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Dawson comparisons
Len Dawson — frequently asked
- Is Len Dawson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Len Dawson ranks 36th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 89.2, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Len Dawson's GOAT Score?
- 89.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Len Dawson rank all time?
- 1557th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within American Football.
- Len Dawson vs Randy White: who ranks higher?
- Randy White, on 89.3 against Len Dawson's 89.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.