Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 40 | |
| 1991 | 46 | |
| 1992 | 52 | |
| 1993 | 59 | |
| 1994 | 65 | |
| 1995 | 71 | |
| 1996 | 77 | |
| 1997 | 84 | |
| 1998 | 90 | |
| 1999 | 96 | |
| 2000 | 85 | |
| 2001 | 73 | |
| 2002 | 62 | |
| 2003 | 50 |
Data sources
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Pro Football Reference
- NFL official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Shannon Sharpe ranks #28 in American Football
Shannon Sharpe ranks 28th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1488th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 340 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1990–2003 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 3, receiving yards 10060, receptions 815, pro bowls 8.
Immediately ahead sits Randall McDaniel on 89.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Willie Davis on 89.6. 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.
Shannon Sharpe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sharpe stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Sharpe comparisons
Shannon Sharpe — frequently asked
- Is Shannon Sharpe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Shannon Sharpe ranks 28th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Shannon Sharpe's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Shannon Sharpe rank all time?
- 1488th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within American Football.
- Shannon Sharpe vs Randall McDaniel: who ranks higher?
- Randall McDaniel, on 89.8 against Shannon Sharpe's 89.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.