Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Touchdowns per season
| Season | Touchdowns per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 50 | |
| 1953 | 56 | |
| 1954 | 63 | |
| 1955 | 69 | |
| 1956 | 76 | |
| 1957 | 82 | |
| 1958 | 89 | |
| 1959 | 95 | |
| 1960 | 85 | |
| 1961 | 75 | |
| 1962 | 65 | |
| 1963 | 55 | |
| 1964 | 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 Yale Lary ranks #93 in American Football
Yale Lary ranks 93rd among American Football athletes on GOAT Rank and 1794th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 92. 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 1952–1964 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1959, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nfl titles 3, career interceptions 50, punting average 44, pro bowls 9.
Immediately ahead sits Buck Buchanan on 87.9, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Ron Mix on 88.0. 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.
Yale Lary GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lary stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full American Football cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1959. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Yale Lary — frequently asked
- Is Yale Lary the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Yale Lary ranks 93rd in American Football with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind Tom Brady on 97.2.
- What is Yale Lary's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Yale Lary rank all time?
- 1794th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 93rd within American Football.
- Yale Lary vs Buck Buchanan: who ranks higher?
- Yale Lary, on 88.0 against Buck Buchanan's 87.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.