Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 50 | |
| 1967 | 56 | |
| 1968 | 63 | |
| 1969 | 69 | |
| 1970 | 76 | |
| 1971 | 82 | |
| 1972 | 89 | |
| 1973 | 95 | |
| 1974 | 86 | |
| 1975 | 77 | |
| 1976 | 68 | |
| 1977 | 59 | |
| 1978 | 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 Tom Mack ranks #115 in American Football
Tom Mack ranks 115th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1881st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1966–1978 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1973, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes pro bowls 11, games played 184, seasons played 13, all-pro selections 2.
Immediately ahead sits Paul Warfield on 87.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Rickey Jackson on 87.6. 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.
Tom Mack GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mack stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1973. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Mack comparisons
Tom Mack — frequently asked
- Is Tom Mack the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tom Mack ranks 115th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Tom Mack's GOAT Score?
- 87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tom Mack rank all time?
- 1881st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 115th within American Football.
- Tom Mack vs Paul Warfield: who ranks higher?
- Tom Mack, on 87.6 against Paul Warfield's 87.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.