Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 96 | |
| 1965 | 93 | |
| 1966 | 90 | |
| 1967 | 87 | |
| 1968 | 84 | |
| 1969 | 81 | |
| 1970 | 78 | |
| 1971 | 75 | |
| 1972 | 71 | |
| 1973 | 68 | |
| 1974 | 65 | |
| 1975 | 62 | |
| 1976 | 59 | |
| 1977 | 56 | |
| 1978 | 53 | |
| 1979 | 50 |
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 Paul Krause ranks #23 in American Football
Paul Krause ranks 23rd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1417th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 84, Statistics 96. 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 1964–1979 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career interceptions 81, interception return yards 1185, pro bowls 8, super bowl appearances 4.
Immediately ahead sits Franco Harris on 90.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Cris Carter on 89.9. 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.
Paul Krause GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Krause stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Krause comparisons
Paul Krause — frequently asked
- Is Paul Krause the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Paul Krause ranks 23rd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 90.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Paul Krause's GOAT Score?
- 90.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Paul Krause rank all time?
- 1417th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 23rd within American Football.
- Paul Krause vs Franco Harris: who ranks higher?
- Paul Krause, on 90.0 against Franco Harris's 90.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.