Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 4.5 | |
| 1995 | 7.5 | |
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 14 | |
| 1998 | 15 | |
| 1999 | 5.5 | |
| 2000 | 9.5 | |
| 2001 | 22.5 | |
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 18.5 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 11.5 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 9 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Michael Strahan ranks #22 in American Football
Michael Strahan ranks 22nd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 489th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 378 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1993–2007 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes single-season sacks record 22.5, career sacks 141.5, defensive player of the year 1, super bowl titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Mike Webster on 85.8, a gap of -0.2 points. Directly behind is Deion Sanders on 86.7. 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.
Michael Strahan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Strahan stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Strahan comparisons
Michael Strahan — frequently asked
- Is Michael Strahan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Michael Strahan ranks 22nd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Michael Strahan's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Michael Strahan rank all time?
- 489th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within American Football.
- Michael Strahan vs Mike Webster: who ranks higher?
- Michael Strahan, on 86.0 against Mike Webster's 85.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.