Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 95
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 89
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 0.327 | |
| 1940 | 0.344 | |
| 1941 | 0.406 | |
| 1942 | 0.356 | |
| 1943 | 0.342 | |
| 1944 | 0.343 | |
| 1945 | 0.317 | |
| 1946 | 0.343 | |
| 1947 | 0.369 | |
| 1948 | 0.343 | |
| 1949 | 0.318 | |
| 1950 | 0.345 | |
| 1951 | 0.356 | |
| 1952 | 0.388 | |
| 1953 | 0.328 | |
| 1954 | 0.316 |
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 Ted Williams ranks #10 in Baseball
Ted Williams ranks 10th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 198th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 95, Longevity 88, Honours 89, Statistics 96. 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 1939–1960 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1941, which sets the Peak component at 95. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes batting titles 6, mvp awards 2, triple crowns 2, home runs 521.
Immediately ahead sits Walter Johnson on 91.7, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Mariano Rivera on 90.6. 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.
Ted Williams GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Williams stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak95/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1941. Scored 95/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours89/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 89/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Williams comparisons
Ted Williams — frequently asked
- Is Ted Williams the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ted Williams ranks 10th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 91.8, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Ted Williams's GOAT Score?
- 91.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 95 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 89 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ted Williams rank all time?
- 198th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Baseball.
- Ted Williams vs Walter Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Ted Williams, on 91.8 against Walter Johnson's 91.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.