Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3 | |
| 1986 | 10 | |
| 1987 | 8 | |
| 1988 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 17 | |
| 1992 | 25 | |
| 1993 | 29 | |
| 1994 | 35 | |
| 1995 | 20 | |
| 1996 | 14 | |
| 1997 | 19 | |
| 1998 | 36 | |
| 1999 | 3 |
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 Steve Young ranks #25 in American Football
Steve Young ranks 25th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 518th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1984–1999 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 3, super bowl mvp 1, mvp awards 2, passer rating titles 6.
Immediately ahead sits Travis Kelce on 86.0, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Ronnie Lott on 85.9. 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.
Steve Young GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Young stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Young comparisons
Steve Young — frequently asked
- Is Steve Young the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Steve Young ranks 25th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Steve Young's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Steve Young rank all time?
- 518th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within American Football.
- Steve Young vs Travis Kelce: who ranks higher?
- Steve Young, on 86.5 against Travis Kelce's 86.0 — a margin of 0.5 points.