Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 22 | |
| 1985 | 24 | |
| 1986 | 26 | |
| 1987 | 23 | |
| 1988 | 20 | |
| 1989 | 19 | |
| 1990 | 21 | |
| 1991 | 22 | |
| 1992 | 20 | |
| 1993 | 18 | |
| 1994 | 14 | |
| 1995 | 12 | |
| 1996 | 11 | |
| 1997 | 10 | |
| 1998 | 9 | |
| 1999 | 7 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 3 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Arvydas Sabonis ranks #30 in Basketball
Arvydas Sabonis ranks 30th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 208th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1981–2005 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1986, 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 olympic golds 1, euroleague titles 1, european player of the year awards 4, olympic medals 4.
Immediately ahead sits Scottie Pippen on 85.6, a gap of -0.2 points. Directly behind is David Robinson on 86.5. 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.
Arvydas Sabonis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sabonis stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1986. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Sabonis comparisons
Arvydas Sabonis — frequently asked
- Is Arvydas Sabonis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Arvydas Sabonis ranks 30th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Arvydas Sabonis's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Arvydas Sabonis rank all time?
- 208th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Basketball.
- Arvydas Sabonis vs Scottie Pippen: who ranks higher?
- Arvydas Sabonis, on 85.8 against Scottie Pippen's 85.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.