Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 862 | |
| 2015 | 875 | |
| 2016 | 1125 | |
| 2017 | 1038 | |
| 2018 | 1336 | |
| 2019 | 1229 | |
| 2020 | 1416 | |
| 2021 | 1125 | |
| 2022 | 1338 | |
| 2023 | 984 | |
| 2024 | 823 |
Data sources
- NFL
- Pro Football Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Travis Kelce ranks #24 in American Football
Travis Kelce ranks 24th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 511th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 378 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2013–present with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes super bowl titles 3, pro bowls 10, all-pro first teams 4, receiving yards 12500.
Immediately ahead sits Deion Sanders on 86.7, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Steve Young on 86.5. 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.
Travis Kelce GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kelce stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Travis Kelce — frequently asked
- Is Travis Kelce the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Travis Kelce ranks 24th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Travis Kelce's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Travis Kelce rank all time?
- 511th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within American Football.
- Travis Kelce vs Deion Sanders: who ranks higher?
- Deion Sanders, on 86.7 against Travis Kelce's 86.0 — a margin of 0.7 points.