Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 55 | |
| 1947 | 66 | |
| 1948 | 77 | |
| 1949 | 88 | |
| 1950 | 99 | |
| 1951 | 88 | |
| 1952 | 77 | |
| 1953 | 67 | |
| 1954 | 56 | |
| 1955 | 45 |
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 Otto Graham ranks #6 in American Football
Otto Graham ranks 6th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1087th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 98, Longevity 78, Honours 96, Statistics 94. 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 1946–1955 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1950, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes league titles 7, championship games reached 10, most valuable player awards 5, passing yards 23584.
Immediately ahead sits Sammy Baugh on 92.3, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Bruce Matthews on 92.0. 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.
Otto Graham GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Graham stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1950. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Graham comparisons
Otto Graham — frequently asked
- Is Otto Graham the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Otto Graham ranks 6th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 92.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Otto Graham's GOAT Score?
- 92.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Otto Graham rank all time?
- 1087th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within American Football.
- Otto Graham vs Sammy Baugh: who ranks higher?
- Sammy Baugh, on 92.3 against Otto Graham's 92.0 — a margin of 0.3 points.