Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 55 | |
| 1980 | 63 | |
| 1981 | 71 | |
| 1982 | 80 | |
| 1983 | 88 | |
| 1984 | 96 | |
| 1985 | 86 | |
| 1986 | 76 | |
| 1987 | 65 | |
| 1988 | 55 | |
| 1989 | 45 |
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 Anne Donovan ranks #90 in Basketball
Anne Donovan ranks 90th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 598th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 76, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1979–1989 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, world championship titles 1, ncaa blocks record 801, naismith awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Tom Heinsohn on 85.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dwyane Wade on 85.3. 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.
Anne Donovan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Donovan stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Donovan comparisons
Anne Donovan — frequently asked
- Is Anne Donovan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Anne Donovan ranks 90th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Anne Donovan's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Anne Donovan rank all time?
- 598th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 90th within Basketball.
- Anne Donovan vs Tom Heinsohn: who ranks higher?
- Anne Donovan, on 85.4 against Tom Heinsohn's 85.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.