Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 2 | |
| 1956 | 2 | |
| 1957 | 5 | |
| 1958 | 11 | |
| 1959 | 8 | |
| 1960 | 8 | |
| 1961 | 18 | |
| 1962 | 14 | |
| 1963 | 25 | |
| 1964 | 19 | |
| 1965 | 26 | |
| 1966 | 27 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sandy Koufax ranks #61 in Baseball
Sandy Koufax ranks 61st among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 694th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 70, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1955–1966 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 3, world series titles 4, no-hitters 4, mvp awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Jackie Robinson on 85.2, a gap of -1.4 points. Directly behind is Shohei Ohtani on 83.7. 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.
Sandy Koufax GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Koufax stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Sandy Koufax — frequently asked
- Is Sandy Koufax the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sandy Koufax ranks 61st in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.6, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Sandy Koufax's GOAT Score?
- 86.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sandy Koufax rank all time?
- 694th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 61st within Baseball.
- Sandy Koufax vs Jackie Robinson: who ranks higher?
- Sandy Koufax, on 86.6 against Jackie Robinson's 85.2 — a margin of 1.4 points.