Cy Young Awards
3
World Series titles
4
No-hitters
4
MVP awards
1
ERA titles
5
Career ERA
2.8
Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index 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
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sandy Koufax ranks #148 in Baseball
Sandy Koufax ranks #148 in Baseball and #2629 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 86.6/100.
The verified career covers 1955–1966 and 12 documented seasons. Peak is 96/100, with Peak the strongest category at 96/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: Cy Young Awards 3, World Series titles 4, No-hitters 4, MVP awards 1.
Nearest context: ahead Trea Turner (86.7); behind Red Faber (86.6). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Sandy Koufax GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 96/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 70/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 88/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Koufax comparisons
Sandy Koufax — frequently asked
- Is Sandy Koufax the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Sandy Koufax ranks #148 in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.6/100, behind Babe Ruth (94.6).
- What is Sandy Koufax's GOAT Score?
- 86.6/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%).
- Where does Sandy Koufax rank all time?
- #2629 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #148 in Baseball.
- Sandy Koufax vs Trea Turner: who ranks higher?
- Trea Turner ranks higher at 86.7 versus Sandy Koufax at 86.6, a margin of 0.1 points.