Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 32 | |
| 2019 | 29 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 23 | |
| 2022 | 35 | |
| 2023 | 39 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 20 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Mookie Betts ranks #63 in Baseball
Mookie Betts ranks 63rd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 867th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 70, Honours 80, Statistics 84. 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 2014–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world series titles 3, mvp awards 1, gold gloves 6, all-star selections 8.
Immediately ahead sits Shohei Ohtani on 83.7, a gap of 3.9 points. Directly behind is Aaron Judge on 78.8. 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.
Mookie Betts GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Betts stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2023. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Mookie Betts — frequently asked
- Is Mookie Betts the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mookie Betts ranks 63rd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 79.8, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Mookie Betts's GOAT Score?
- 79.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mookie Betts rank all time?
- 867th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 63rd within Baseball.
- Mookie Betts vs Shohei Ohtani: who ranks higher?
- Shohei Ohtani, on 83.7 against Mookie Betts's 79.8 — a margin of 3.9 points.