Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 40 | |
| 1979 | 28 | |
| 1980 | 57 | |
| 1981 | 22 | |
| 1982 | 25 | |
| 1983 | 34 | |
| 1984 | 35 | |
| 1985 | 31 | |
| 1986 | 31 | |
| 1987 | 43 | |
| 1988 | 57 | |
| 1989 | 29 | |
| 1990 | 32 | |
| 1991 | 35 | |
| 1992 | 43 | |
| 1993 | 21 | |
| 1994 | 6 | |
| 1995 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 7 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ozzie Smith ranks #40 in Baseball
Ozzie Smith ranks 40th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 410th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 92, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1978–1996 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity 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 gold gloves 13, all-star selections 15, world series titles 1, career stolen bases 580.
Immediately ahead sits Yogi Berra on 87.9, a gap of 1.1 points. Directly behind is Tim Raines on 87.1. 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.
Ozzie Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Ozzie Smith — frequently asked
- Is Ozzie Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ozzie Smith ranks 40th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Ozzie Smith's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ozzie Smith rank all time?
- 410th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Baseball.
- Ozzie Smith vs Yogi Berra: who ranks higher?
- Yogi Berra, on 87.9 against Ozzie Smith's 86.8 — a margin of 1.1 points.