Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 26 | |
| 2019 | 41 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 41 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 18 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ronald Acuña Jr ranks #132 in Baseball
Ronald Acuña Jr ranks 132nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1381st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 98, Longevity 70, Honours 86, 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 2018–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, rookie of the year awards 1, home runs in 2023 41, stolen bases in 2023 73.
Immediately ahead sits Max Scherzer on 86.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ozzie Smith on 86.8. 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.
Ronald Acuña Jr GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Acuña stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Ronald Acuña Jr — frequently asked
- Is Ronald Acuña Jr the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ronald Acuña Jr ranks 132nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Ronald Acuña Jr's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ronald Acuña Jr rank all time?
- 1381st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 132nd within Baseball.
- Ronald Acuña Jr vs Max Scherzer: who ranks higher?
- Ronald Acuña Jr, on 86.9 against Max Scherzer's 86.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.