Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 55 | |
| 1983 | 62 | |
| 1984 | 69 | |
| 1985 | 76 | |
| 1986 | 83 | |
| 1987 | 90 | |
| 1988 | 97 | |
| 1989 | 92 | |
| 1990 | 87 | |
| 1991 | 81 | |
| 1992 | 76 | |
| 1993 | 71 | |
| 1994 | 66 | |
| 1995 | 61 | |
| 1996 | 56 | |
| 1997 | 50 | |
| 1998 | 45 | |
| 1999 | 40 |
Data sources
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Baseball-Reference
- MLB official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Wade Boggs ranks #132 in Baseball
Wade Boggs ranks 132nd among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2377th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 234 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1982–1999 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1988, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 career hits 3010, batting titles 5, career batting average 0.328, all-star selections 12.
Immediately ahead sits Fernando Valenzuela on 87.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Johnny Bench on 87.1. 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.
Wade Boggs GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Boggs stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1988. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Boggs comparisons
Wade Boggs — frequently asked
- Is Wade Boggs the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Wade Boggs ranks 132nd in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Wade Boggs's GOAT Score?
- 87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Wade Boggs rank all time?
- 2377th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 132nd within Baseball.
- Wade Boggs vs Fernando Valenzuela: who ranks higher?
- Wade Boggs, on 87.2 against Fernando Valenzuela's 87.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.