Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 50 | |
| 1971 | 59 | |
| 1972 | 69 | |
| 1973 | 78 | |
| 1974 | 88 | |
| 1975 | 97 | |
| 1976 | 91 | |
| 1977 | 84 | |
| 1978 | 78 | |
| 1979 | 71 | |
| 1980 | 65 | |
| 1981 | 58 | |
| 1982 | 52 | |
| 1983 | 45 |
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 Mel Blount ranks #10 in American Football
Mel Blount ranks 10th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1178th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 94, 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 1970–1983 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1975, 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 4, career interceptions 57, defensive player of the year awards 1, pro bowls 5.
Immediately ahead sits Darrell Green on 91.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Gino Marchetti on 91.3. 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.
Mel Blount GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Blount stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1975. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Blount comparisons
Mel Blount — frequently asked
- Is Mel Blount the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mel Blount ranks 10th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 91.5, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Mel Blount's GOAT Score?
- 91.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mel Blount rank all time?
- 1178th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within American Football.
- Mel Blount vs Darrell Green: who ranks higher?
- Darrell Green, on 91.6 against Mel Blount's 91.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.