Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 50 | |
| 1977 | 57 | |
| 1978 | 63 | |
| 1979 | 70 | |
| 1980 | 77 | |
| 1981 | 84 | |
| 1982 | 90 | |
| 1983 | 97 | |
| 1984 | 89 | |
| 1985 | 82 | |
| 1986 | 74 | |
| 1987 | 66 | |
| 1988 | 58 | |
| 1989 | 51 | |
| 1990 | 43 | |
| 1991 | 35 |
Data sources
- NBA.com official statistics
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Adrian Dantley ranks #61 in Basketball
Adrian Dantley ranks 61st among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 345th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 276 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1976–1991 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, 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 scoring titles 2, career points 23177, all-star selections 6, free throws made 6832.
Immediately ahead sits George Karl on 87.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Paul Arizin on 86.9. 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.
Adrian Dantley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dantley stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
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Adrian Dantley — frequently asked
- Is Adrian Dantley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Adrian Dantley ranks 61st in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Adrian Dantley's GOAT Score?
- 87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Adrian Dantley rank all time?
- 345th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 61st within Basketball.
- Adrian Dantley vs George Karl: who ranks higher?
- George Karl, on 87.2 against Adrian Dantley's 87.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.