Category profile
- Dominance
- 83
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17 | |
| 1999 | 11 | |
| 2000 | 15 | |
| 2001 | 10 | |
| 2002 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 17 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 23 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 3 |
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 Randy Moss ranks #39 in American Football
Randy Moss ranks 39th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 626th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 83, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1998–2012 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 receiving touchdowns 156, receiving yards 15292, pro bowls 6, single-season td record 23.
Immediately ahead sits Marshall Faulk on 84.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is J.J. Watt on 85.3. 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 Moss GOAT Score explained
- Dominance83/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Moss stood above the field while competing. Scored 83/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Moss comparisons
Randy Moss — frequently asked
- Is Randy Moss the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Randy Moss ranks 39th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Randy Moss's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 83 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Randy Moss rank all time?
- 626th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 39th within American Football.
- Randy Moss vs Marshall Faulk: who ranks higher?
- Marshall Faulk, on 84.8 against Randy Moss's 84.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.