Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 50 | |
| 1959 | 57 | |
| 1960 | 63 | |
| 1961 | 70 | |
| 1962 | 76 | |
| 1963 | 83 | |
| 1964 | 89 | |
| 1965 | 96 | |
| 1966 | 83 | |
| 1967 | 71 | |
| 1968 | 58 | |
| 1969 | 45 |
Data sources
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Pro Football Reference
- NFL official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Willie Davis ranks #29 in American Football
Willie Davis ranks 29th among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1490th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 96, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full American Football reference universe of 340 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1958–1969 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1965, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nfl titles 5, super bowl titles 2, pro bowls 5, consecutive games played 162.
Immediately ahead sits Shannon Sharpe on 89.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jack Lambert on 89.5. 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.
Willie Davis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Davis stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1965. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Davis comparisons
Willie Davis — frequently asked
- Is Willie Davis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Willie Davis ranks 29th in American Football with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Willie Davis's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Willie Davis rank all time?
- 1490th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within American Football.
- Willie Davis vs Shannon Sharpe: who ranks higher?
- Willie Davis, on 89.6 against Shannon Sharpe's 89.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.