Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 50 | |
| 1949 | 74 | |
| 1950 | 97 | |
| 1951 | 86 | |
| 1952 | 75 | |
| 1953 | 64 | |
| 1954 | 52 | |
| 1955 | 41 | |
| 1956 | 30 |
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 Tom Fears ranks #233 in American Football
Tom Fears ranks 233rd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 2361st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 88, 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 1948–1956 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1950, 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 league titles 1, receptions in one season 84, receptions in one game 18, career receptions 400.
Immediately ahead sits Charles Haley on 85.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Lem Barney on 85.3. 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.
Tom Fears GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fears 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 1950. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Fears comparisons
Tom Fears — frequently asked
- Is Tom Fears the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tom Fears ranks 233rd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Tom Fears's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tom Fears rank all time?
- 2361st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 233rd within American Football.
- Tom Fears vs Charles Haley: who ranks higher?
- Tom Fears, on 85.3 against Charles Haley's 85.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.