Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 43 | |
| 1998 | 36 | |
| 1999 | 45 | |
| 2000 | 36 | |
| 2001 | 50 | |
| 2002 | 28 | |
| 2003 | 40 | |
| 2004 | 53 | |
| 2005 | 43 | |
| 2006 | 34 | |
| 2007 | 30 | |
| 2008 | 39 | |
| 2009 | 44 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 44 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 44 |
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 Mariano Rivera ranks #11 in Baseball
Mariano Rivera ranks 11th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 200th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 90, 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 1990–2013 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career saves 652, world series titles 5, postseason era 0.7, all-star selections 13.
Immediately ahead sits Ted Williams on 91.8, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Nolan Ryan on 89.5. 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.
Mariano Rivera GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Rivera stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- 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 Rivera comparisons
Mariano Rivera — frequently asked
- Is Mariano Rivera the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mariano Rivera ranks 11th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 90.6, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Mariano Rivera's GOAT Score?
- 90.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mariano Rivera rank all time?
- 200th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Baseball.
- Mariano Rivera vs Ted Williams: who ranks higher?
- Ted Williams, on 91.8 against Mariano Rivera's 90.6 — a margin of 1.2 points.