Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 14 | |
| 1946 | 13 | |
| 1947 | 12 | |
| 1948 | 12.2 | |
| 1949 | 11 | |
| 1950 | 10 | |
| 1951 | 8 | |
| 1952 | 6 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Al Cervi ranks #85 in Basketball
Al Cervi ranks 85th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 483rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 82, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1937–1953 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1945, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nbl mvp awards 1, nba titles as coach 1, nbl titles 1, career points per game 12.2.
Immediately ahead sits Pop Gates on 84.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Yolanda Griffith on 84.0. 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.
Al Cervi GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cervi stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1945. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Al Cervi — frequently asked
- Is Al Cervi the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Al Cervi ranks 85th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Al Cervi's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Al Cervi rank all time?
- 483rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 85th within Basketball.
- Al Cervi vs Pop Gates: who ranks higher?
- Al Cervi, on 84.1 against Pop Gates's 84.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.