Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 50 | |
| 1970 | 56 | |
| 1971 | 62 | |
| 1972 | 67 | |
| 1973 | 73 | |
| 1974 | 79 | |
| 1975 | 85 | |
| 1976 | 90 | |
| 1977 | 96 | |
| 1978 | 88 | |
| 1979 | 79 | |
| 1980 | 71 | |
| 1981 | 62 | |
| 1982 | 54 | |
| 1983 | 45 |
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 Ted Hendricks ranks #18 in American Football
Ted Hendricks ranks 18th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1377th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 90, Honours 94, Statistics 90. 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 1969–1983 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1977, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 4, blocked kicks 25, pro bowls 8, career interceptions 26.
Immediately ahead sits Forrest Gregg on 90.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Bob Lilly on 90.1. 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.
Ted Hendricks GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hendricks 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 1977. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Hendricks comparisons
Ted Hendricks — frequently asked
- Is Ted Hendricks the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ted Hendricks ranks 18th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 90.2, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Ted Hendricks's GOAT Score?
- 90.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ted Hendricks rank all time?
- 1377th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 18th within American Football.
- Ted Hendricks vs Forrest Gregg: who ranks higher?
- Forrest Gregg, on 90.3 against Ted Hendricks's 90.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.