Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Zack Greinke ranks #40 in Baseball
Zack Greinke ranks 40th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1090th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 92, Honours 86, Statistics 94. 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 2004–2023 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 1, career wins 225, career strikeouts 2979, gold gloves 6.
Immediately ahead sits Nolan Ryan on 89.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bullet Rogan on 89.4. 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.
Zack Greinke GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Greinke stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Greinke comparisons
Zack Greinke — frequently asked
- Is Zack Greinke the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Zack Greinke ranks 40th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 89.5, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Zack Greinke's GOAT Score?
- 89.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Zack Greinke rank all time?
- 1090th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Baseball.
- Zack Greinke vs Nolan Ryan: who ranks higher?
- Zack Greinke, on 89.5 against Nolan Ryan's 89.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.