Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 58
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19.3 | |
| 2021 | 21.3 | |
| 2022 | 24.6 | |
| 2023 | 25.9 | |
| 2024 | 27.6 | |
| 2025 | 26 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Anthony Edwards ranks #100 in Basketball
Anthony Edwards ranks 100th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 890th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 58, Honours 74, 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 2020–present with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, 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 all-star selections 3, olympic golds 1, all-nba teams 2, points per game peak 27.6.
Immediately ahead sits Joel Embiid on 78.4, a gap of 1.7 points. Directly behind is Yao Ming on 73.9. 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.
Anthony Edwards GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Edwards 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 2024. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity58/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 6 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 58/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Edwards comparisons
Anthony Edwards — frequently asked
- Is Anthony Edwards the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Anthony Edwards ranks 100th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 76.7, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Anthony Edwards's GOAT Score?
- 76.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 58 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Anthony Edwards rank all time?
- 890th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 100th within Basketball.
- Anthony Edwards vs Joel Embiid: who ranks higher?
- Joel Embiid, on 78.4 against Anthony Edwards's 76.7 — a margin of 1.7 points.