Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 80 | |
| 1982 | 130 | |
| 1983 | 145 | |
| 1984 | 160 | |
| 1985 | 160 | |
| 1986 | 148 | |
| 1987 | 125 | |
| 1988 | 140 | |
| 1989 | 151 | |
| 1990 | 145 | |
| 1991 | 130 | |
| 1992 | 110 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mike Singletary ranks #47 in American Football
Mike Singletary ranks 47th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 691st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 1981–1992 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, 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 super bowl titles 1, defensive player of the year awards 2, pro bowl selections 10, all-pro first teams 7.
Immediately ahead sits Ben Roethlisberger on 81.7, a gap of -2.0 points. Directly behind is Rob Gronkowski on 84.1. 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.
Mike Singletary GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Singletary stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Singletary comparisons
Mike Singletary — frequently asked
- Is Mike Singletary the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Singletary ranks 47th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 83.7, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Mike Singletary's GOAT Score?
- 83.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Singletary rank all time?
- 691st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 47th within American Football.
- Mike Singletary vs Ben Roethlisberger: who ranks higher?
- Mike Singletary, on 83.7 against Ben Roethlisberger's 81.7 — a margin of 2.0 points.