Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 13 | |
| 1952 | 23 | |
| 1953 | 21 | |
| 1954 | 27 | |
| 1955 | 37 | |
| 1956 | 52 | |
| 1957 | 34 | |
| 1958 | 42 | |
| 1959 | 31 | |
| 1960 | 40 | |
| 1961 | 54 | |
| 1962 | 30 | |
| 1963 | 15 | |
| 1964 | 35 | |
| 1965 | 19 | |
| 1966 | 23 | |
| 1967 | 22 | |
| 1968 | 18 |
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 Mickey Mantle ranks #43 in Baseball
Mickey Mantle ranks 43rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 453rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 93, Longevity 82, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 1951–1968 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1961, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 7, mvp awards 3, triple crowns 1, home runs 536.
Immediately ahead sits Christy Mathewson on 89.1, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Harmon Killebrew on 87.5. 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.
Mickey Mantle GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mantle stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1961. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Mantle comparisons
Mickey Mantle — frequently asked
- Is Mickey Mantle the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mickey Mantle ranks 43rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.5, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Mickey Mantle's GOAT Score?
- 88.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mickey Mantle rank all time?
- 453rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Baseball.
- Mickey Mantle vs Christy Mathewson: who ranks higher?
- Christy Mathewson, on 89.1 against Mickey Mantle's 88.5 — a margin of 0.6 points.