Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1.1 | |
| 1997 | 2.4 | |
| 1998 | 5.1 | |
| 1999 | 6.4 | |
| 2000 | 6.4 | |
| 2001 | 7.6 | |
| 2002 | 6.9 | |
| 2003 | 9.5 | |
| 2004 | 9.7 | |
| 2005 | 7.3 | |
| 2006 | 6.4 | |
| 2007 | 5.1 | |
| 2008 | 4.2 | |
| 2009 | 5.5 | |
| 2010 | 3.9 | |
| 2011 | 1.8 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ben Wallace ranks #66 in Basketball
Ben Wallace ranks 66th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 514th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 82, Statistics 84. 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 1996–2012 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, 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, defensive player of the year awards 4, all-star selections 4, rebounding titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Paul Pierce on 81.2, a gap of -0.8 points. Directly behind is Klay Thompson on 82.3. 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.
Ben Wallace GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wallace stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Wallace comparisons
Ben Wallace — frequently asked
- Is Ben Wallace the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ben Wallace ranks 66th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 82.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Ben Wallace's GOAT Score?
- 82.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ben Wallace rank all time?
- 514th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 66th within Basketball.
- Ben Wallace vs Paul Pierce: who ranks higher?
- Ben Wallace, on 82.0 against Paul Pierce's 81.2 — a margin of 0.8 points.