Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 44 | |
| 1958 | 41 | |
| 1959 | 49 | |
| 1960 | 46 | |
| 1961 | 51 | |
| 1962 | 48 | |
| 1963 | 45 | |
| 1964 | 40 | |
| 1965 | 55 | |
| 1966 | 68 | |
| 1967 | 62 | |
| 1968 | 44 | |
| 1969 | 48 | |
| 1970 | 51 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- 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 Alex Hannum ranks #32 in Basketball
Alex Hannum ranks 32nd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 147th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1948–1971 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, 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 nba championships 2, aba championships 1, career coaching wins 649, coach of the year awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Artis Gilmore on 88.0, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Frank McGuire on 87.8. 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.
Alex Hannum GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hannum stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Alex Hannum — frequently asked
- Is Alex Hannum the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Alex Hannum ranks 32nd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Alex Hannum's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Alex Hannum rank all time?
- 147th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 32nd within Basketball.
- Alex Hannum vs Artis Gilmore: who ranks higher?
- Artis Gilmore, on 88.0 against Alex Hannum's 87.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.