Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 7 | |
| 1990 | 14 | |
| 1991 | 13 | |
| 1992 | 12 | |
| 1993 | 19 | |
| 1994 | 13 | |
| 1995 | 18 | |
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 20 | |
| 1998 | 19 | |
| 1999 | 17 | |
| 2000 | 19 | |
| 2001 | 21 | |
| 2002 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2005 | 17 | |
| 2006 | 17 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 8 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Randy Johnson ranks #13 in Baseball
Randy Johnson ranks 13th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 236th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 94. 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 1988–2009 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 5, strikeouts 4875, world series titles 1, world series mvp 1.
Immediately ahead sits Nolan Ryan on 89.5, a gap of -1.0 points. Directly behind is Warren Spahn on 89.1. 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.
Randy Johnson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Johnson stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2002. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Johnson comparisons
Randy Johnson — frequently asked
- Is Randy Johnson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Randy Johnson ranks 13th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 90.5, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Randy Johnson's GOAT Score?
- 90.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Randy Johnson rank all time?
- 236th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within Baseball.
- Randy Johnson vs Nolan Ryan: who ranks higher?
- Randy Johnson, on 90.5 against Nolan Ryan's 89.5 — a margin of 1.0 points.