Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 26 | |
| 1999 | 26 | |
| 2000 | 33 | |
| 2001 | 26 | |
| 2002 | 27 | |
| 2003 | 29 | |
| 2004 | 49 | |
| 2005 | 28 | |
| 2006 | 31 | |
| 2007 | 31 | |
| 2008 | 27 | |
| 2009 | 33 | |
| 2010 | 33 | |
| 2011 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 37 | |
| 2013 | 55 | |
| 2014 | 39 | |
| 2015 | 9 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Peyton Manning ranks #3 in American Football
Peyton Manning ranks 3rd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 197th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 93, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 93. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 378 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1998–2015 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 5, super bowl titles 2, pro bowls 14, passing yards 71940.
Immediately ahead sits Jerry Rice on 94.9, a gap of 4.2 points. Directly behind is Drew Brees on 88.6. 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.
Peyton Manning GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Manning stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top Manning comparisons
Peyton Manning — frequently asked
- Is Peyton Manning the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Peyton Manning ranks 3rd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 90.7, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Peyton Manning's GOAT Score?
- 90.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Peyton Manning rank all time?
- 197th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 3rd within American Football.
- Peyton Manning vs Jerry Rice: who ranks higher?
- Jerry Rice, on 94.9 against Peyton Manning's 90.7 — a margin of 4.2 points.