Who is better, Ruth or Altuve?
Babe Ruth leads with a GOAT score of 94.6 against 72.5 for Jose Altuve — a gap of 22.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Ruth vs Altuve
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Babe Ruth above Jose Altuve: 94.6 vs 72.5. Babe Ruth leads on Dominance, Peak, Honours.
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RuthWinner
94.6Ruth wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Altuve
72.5Altuve wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Babe Ruth
94.6
Ruth leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Babe Ruth
2. Jose Altuve
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 23 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Babe Ruth11 home runs
1 season by age 23 · 11 per season
Setting the pace at age 23
No verified birth date for Altuve — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 23, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | RuthRetired | AltuveActive · Houston Astros |
|---|---|---|
| Home runs | 714 | — |
| World Series titles | 7 | — |
| Career OPS | 1.164 | — |
| Batting average | 0.342 | — |
| RBIs | 2,214 | — |
| Pitching ERA | 2.28 | — |
| MLB games | — | 2,108 |
| MLB hits | — | 2,516 |
| MLB home runs | — | 271 |
| MLB award: APP Post-Season All-Star | — | 1 |
| MLB award: SAL Mid-Season All-Star | — | 1 |
| MLB award: SAL Post-Season All-Star | — | 1 |
| MLB award: MiLB.com Organization All-Star | — | 2 |
| MLB award: NL All-Star | — | 1 |
| MLB award: AL All-Star | — | 8 |
| MLB award: AL Silver Slugger | — | 7 |
| MLB award: Rawlings AL Gold Glove | — | 1 |
| MLB award: AL Hank Aaron Award | — | 1 |
| MLB award: World Series Championship | — | 2 |
| MLB award: AL MVP | — | 1 |
| MLB award: ALCS MVP | — | 1 |
| Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award | — | 1 |
| Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year | — | 1 |
| Associated Press Athlete of the Year | — | 1 |
| Silver Slugger Award | — | 1 |
| Rawlings Gold Glove Award | — | 1 |
| Hank Aaron Award | — | 1 |
| Number | — | 27 |
| Dominance w25% | 100 | 71.2 |
| Peak w20% | 99 | 72.3 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 75 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 70 |
| Statistics w15% | 97 | 75 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Ruth94.6
Altuve72.5
FAQ
Where does Altuve beat Ruth?
Altuve does not lead any of the five categories; Ruth is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Ruth vs Altuve score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Ruth: 94.6, Altuve: 72.5.
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