Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 7 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 4 | |
| 1984 | 4 | |
| 1985 | 6 | |
| 1986 | 10 | |
| 1987 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 5 | |
| 1989 | 5 | |
| 1990 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 8 | |
| 1992 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 0 |
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 Ronnie Lott ranks #26 in American Football
Ronnie Lott ranks 26th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 519th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 88, 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 1981–1994 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, 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 super bowl titles 4, pro bowls 10, interceptions 63, all-pro first teams 6.
Immediately ahead sits Steve Young on 86.5, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Joe Greene on 86.1. 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.
Ronnie Lott GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lott stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Lott comparisons
Ronnie Lott — frequently asked
- Is Ronnie Lott the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ronnie Lott ranks 26th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Ronnie Lott's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ronnie Lott rank all time?
- 519th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 26th within American Football.
- Ronnie Lott vs Steve Young: who ranks higher?
- Steve Young, on 86.5 against Ronnie Lott's 85.9 — a margin of 0.6 points.