Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13.5 | |
| 2013 | 20.8 | |
| 2014 | 24.4 | |
| 2015 | 24.3 | |
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 26.2 | |
| 2018 | 25.9 | |
| 2019 | 26.1 | |
| 2020 | 21.8 | |
| 2021 | 23.2 | |
| 2022 | 25.9 | |
| 2023 | 24.7 | |
| 2024 | 24.7 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Anthony Davis ranks #69 in Basketball
Anthony Davis ranks 69th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 542nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 80, Honours 78, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2012–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles 1, all-star selections 10, olympic golds 2, blocks titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Cynthia Cooper on 83.5, a gap of 1.6 points. Directly behind is Carmelo Anthony on 80.2. 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.
Anthony Davis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Davis stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Davis comparisons
Anthony Davis — frequently asked
- Is Anthony Davis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Anthony Davis ranks 69th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.9, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Anthony Davis's GOAT Score?
- 81.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Anthony Davis rank all time?
- 542nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 69th within Basketball.
- Anthony Davis vs Cynthia Cooper: who ranks higher?
- Cynthia Cooper, on 83.5 against Anthony Davis's 81.9 — a margin of 1.6 points.