Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11.5 | |
| 2012 | 18.5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 13.5 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 14.5 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 9.5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Data sources
- NFL
- 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 Von Miller ranks #43 in American Football
Von Miller ranks 43rd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 644th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 2011–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, 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 2, super bowl mvp awards 1, pro bowl selections 8, career sacks 129.5.
Immediately ahead sits LaDainian Tomlinson on 84.7, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Eli Manning on 83.3. 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.
Von Miller GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Miller stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Miller comparisons
Von Miller — frequently asked
- Is Von Miller the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Von Miller ranks 43rd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Von Miller's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Von Miller rank all time?
- 644th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within American Football.
- Von Miller vs LaDainian Tomlinson: who ranks higher?
- LaDainian Tomlinson, on 84.7 against Von Miller's 84.0 — a margin of 0.7 points.