Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 50 | |
| 1927 | 59 | |
| 1928 | 68 | |
| 1929 | 76 | |
| 1930 | 85 | |
| 1931 | 94 | |
| 1932 | 81 | |
| 1933 | 67 | |
| 1934 | 54 | |
| 1935 | 40 |
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 Ray Flaherty ranks #312 in American Football
Ray Flaherty ranks 312th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 2785th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 76, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1926–1935 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1931, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nfl titles 1, receiving titles 1, all-pro selections 2, career receptions 108.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Namath on 82.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Calvin Johnson on 82.4. 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.
Ray Flaherty GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Flaherty stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1931. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Flaherty comparisons
Ray Flaherty — frequently asked
- Is Ray Flaherty the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ray Flaherty ranks 312th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 82.5, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Ray Flaherty's GOAT Score?
- 82.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ray Flaherty rank all time?
- 2785th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 312th within American Football.
- Ray Flaherty vs Joe Namath: who ranks higher?
- Ray Flaherty, on 82.5 against Joe Namath's 82.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.