Cy Young Awards
3
Career wins
311
Strikeouts
3,640
World Series titles
1
ERA titles
3
All-Star selections
12
Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 16 | |
| 1968 | 16 | |
| 1969 | 25 | |
| 1970 | 18 | |
| 1971 | 20 | |
| 1972 | 21 | |
| 1973 | 19 | |
| 1974 | 11 | |
| 1975 | 22 | |
| 1976 | 14 | |
| 1977 | 21 | |
| 1978 | 16 | |
| 1979 | 16 | |
| 1980 | 10 | |
| 1981 | 14 | |
| 1982 | 5 | |
| 1983 | 9 | |
| 1984 | 15 | |
| 1985 | 16 | |
| 1986 | 7 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tom Seaver ranks #90 in Baseball
Tom Seaver ranks #90 in Baseball and #2370 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 88.0/100.
The verified career covers 1967–1986 and 20 documented seasons. Peak is 90/100, with Statistics the strongest category at 92/100 (15% weight). Key metrics: Cy Young Awards 3, Career wins 311, Strikeouts 3640, World Series titles 1.
Nearest context: ahead Ray Brown (88.1); behind Mel Ott (88.0). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Tom Seaver GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Seaver comparisons
Tom Seaver — frequently asked
- Is Tom Seaver the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Tom Seaver ranks #90 in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 88.0/100, behind Babe Ruth (94.6).
- What is Tom Seaver's GOAT Score?
- 88.0/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%).
- Where does Tom Seaver rank all time?
- #2370 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #90 in Baseball.
- Tom Seaver vs Ray Brown: who ranks higher?
- Ray Brown ranks higher at 88.1 versus Tom Seaver at 88.0, a margin of 0.1 points.