Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 50 | |
| 1953 | 62 | |
| 1954 | 73 | |
| 1955 | 85 | |
| 1956 | 96 | |
| 1957 | 90 | |
| 1958 | 84 | |
| 1959 | 78 | |
| 1960 | 72 | |
| 1961 | 66 | |
| 1962 | 59 | |
| 1963 | 53 | |
| 1964 | 47 | |
| 1965 | 41 | |
| 1966 | 35 |
Data sources
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Pro Football Reference
- NFL official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ollie Matson ranks #117 in American Football
Ollie Matson ranks 117th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1883rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 86, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 340 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1952–1966 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1956, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 2, career touchdowns 73, pro bowls 6, all-purpose yards 12844.
Immediately ahead sits Rickey Jackson on 87.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bruce Smith 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.
Ollie Matson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Matson stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1956. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Matson comparisons
Ollie Matson — frequently asked
- Is Ollie Matson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ollie Matson ranks 117th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Ollie Matson's GOAT Score?
- 87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ollie Matson rank all time?
- 1883rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 117th within American Football.
- Ollie Matson vs Rickey Jackson: who ranks higher?
- Ollie Matson, on 87.6 against Rickey Jackson's 87.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.