Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1 | |
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 1 | |
| 1977 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 | |
| 1983 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 |
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 Webster ranks #21 in American Football
Mike Webster ranks 21st among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 477th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 1974–1990 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1974, 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 4, pro bowl selections 9, all-pro first teams 5, games played 245.
Immediately ahead sits Lawrence Taylor on 88.1, a gap of 2.3 points. Directly behind is Michael Strahan on 86.0. 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 Webster GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Webster 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 1974. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Webster comparisons
Mike Webster — frequently asked
- Is Mike Webster the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Webster ranks 21st in American Football with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Mike Webster's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Webster rank all time?
- 477th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within American Football.
- Mike Webster vs Lawrence Taylor: who ranks higher?
- Lawrence Taylor, on 88.1 against Mike Webster's 85.8 — a margin of 2.3 points.