Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 95
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 14 | |
| 1909 | 13 | |
| 1910 | 25 | |
| 1911 | 25 | |
| 1912 | 33 | |
| 1913 | 36 | |
| 1914 | 28 | |
| 1915 | 27 | |
| 1916 | 25 | |
| 1917 | 23 | |
| 1918 | 23 | |
| 1919 | 20 | |
| 1920 | 8 | |
| 1921 | 17 | |
| 1922 | 15 | |
| 1923 | 17 | |
| 1924 | 23 | |
| 1925 | 20 |
Data sources
- MLB
- Baseball Reference
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Walter Johnson ranks #9 in Baseball
Walter Johnson ranks 9th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 183rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 94, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 95. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1907–1927 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1913, which sets the Peak component at 94. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 95 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 417, shutouts 110, strikeouts 3509, mvp awards 2.
Immediately ahead sits Stan Musial on 90.9, a gap of -0.8 points. Directly behind is Ted Williams on 91.8. 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.
Walter Johnson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Johnson stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1913. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics95/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 95/100.
Top Johnson comparisons
Walter Johnson — frequently asked
- Is Walter Johnson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Walter Johnson ranks 9th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 91.7, behind Hank Aaron on 93.7.
- What is Walter Johnson's GOAT Score?
- 91.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 95 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Walter Johnson rank all time?
- 183rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Baseball.
- Walter Johnson vs Stan Musial: who ranks higher?
- Walter Johnson, on 91.7 against Stan Musial's 90.9 — a margin of 0.8 points.