Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 0 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Richard Sherman ranks #54 in American Football
Richard Sherman ranks 54th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 784th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 80, Statistics 86. 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 2011–2021 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 1, pro bowl selections 5, all-pro first teams 3, career interceptions 37.
Immediately ahead sits Tyreek Hill on 82.3, a gap of 0.7 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.
Richard Sherman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sherman stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Sherman comparisons
Richard Sherman — frequently asked
- Is Richard Sherman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Richard Sherman ranks 54th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 81.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Richard Sherman's GOAT Score?
- 81.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Richard Sherman rank all time?
- 784th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 54th within American Football.
- Richard Sherman vs Tyreek Hill: who ranks higher?
- Tyreek Hill, on 82.3 against Richard Sherman's 81.6 — a margin of 0.7 points.