Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 4 | |
| 1975 | 6 | |
| 1976 | 8 | |
| 1977 | 10 | |
| 1978 | 9 | |
| 1979 | 0 | |
| 1980 | 8 | |
| 1981 | 11 | |
| 1982 | 6 | |
| 1983 | 9 | |
| 1984 | 10 | |
| 1985 | 8 | |
| 1986 | 7 | |
| 1987 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 4 | |
| 1989 | 3 |
Data sources
- NFL.com
- Pro Football Reference
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ed "Too Tall" Jones ranks #74 in American Football
Ed "Too Tall" Jones ranks 74th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1233rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 82, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 381 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1974–1989 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1981, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 super bowl titles 1, pro bowls 3, games played 224, career sacks 106.
Immediately ahead sits Hines Ward on 86.2, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is John Elway on 86.1. 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.
Ed "Too Tall" Jones GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jones stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1981. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Jones comparisons
Ed "Too Tall" Jones — frequently asked
- Is Ed "Too Tall" Jones the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ed "Too Tall" Jones ranks 74th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Ed "Too Tall" Jones's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ed "Too Tall" Jones rank all time?
- 1233rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 74th within American Football.
- Ed "Too Tall" Jones vs Hines Ward: who ranks higher?
- Ed "Too Tall" Jones, on 86.3 against Hines Ward's 86.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.