Who is better, Rice or Baugh?
Jerry Rice leads with a GOAT score of 94.9 against 92.3 for Sammy Baugh — a gap of 2.6 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Rice vs Baugh
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Jerry Rice above Sammy Baugh: 94.9 vs 92.3. Jerry Rice leads on Longevity, Statistics, Dominance. Sammy Baugh leads on Peak, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
RiceWinner
94.9Rice wins: Dominance, Longevity, Statistics
Baugh
92.3Baugh wins: Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jerry Rice
94.9
Rice leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Jerry Rice
2. Sammy Baugh
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. 🇺🇸 Jerry Rice3 touchdowns
1 season by age 23 · 3 per season
Setting the pace at age 23
No verified birth date for Baugh — 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 | RiceRetired | BaughRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Super Bowl rings | 3 | — |
| Super Bowl MVP | 1 | — |
| Receiving yards | 22,895 | — |
| Receiving touchdowns | 197 | — |
| Receptions | 1,549 | — |
| Pro Bowls | 13 | — |
| NFL titles | — | 2 |
| Passing titles | — | 6 |
| Punting average | — | 45 |
| Career interceptions on defence | — | 31 |
| Seasons played | — | 16 |
| Dominance w25% | 96 | 92 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 96 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 99 | 94 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Rice94.9
Baugh92.3
FAQ
Where does Baugh beat Rice?
Baugh scores higher on peak, honours. Rice leads on dominance, statistics, longevity.
How is the Rice vs Baugh score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Rice: 94.9, Baugh: 92.3.
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