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Basketball · Guard · United States

Bennie Borgmann

1919–1942 · Leading scorer of the Metropolitan Basketball League in the 1920s.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
85.0
Cultural & brand footprint 58/100 · total legacy 80.1
League scoring titles
6
Seasons played
23
Career games
2,500
Championships
3
Hall of Fame inductions
1

Category profile

Dominance
82
Peak
90
Longevity
90
Honours
78
Statistics
86

Career timeline · Points per game

SeasonPoints per gameShare of career
19229
192310
192411
192512
192612
192711
192810
192910
19309
19318
19327
19336

Data sources

  • NBA.com
  • Basketball Reference
  • Naismith Hall of Fame

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Bennie Borgmann ranks #68 in Basketball

Bennie Borgmann ranks 68th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 376th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 78, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.

The record covers 1919–1942 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1925, 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 league scoring titles 6, seasons played 23, career games 2500, championships 3.

Immediately ahead sits Bob Pettit on 85.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Seimone Augustus on 84.9. 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.

Bennie Borgmann GOAT Score explained

Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Borgmann 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 1925. Scored 90/100.
Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
Honours78/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.

Bennie Borgmann — frequently asked

Is Bennie Borgmann the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Bennie Borgmann ranks 68th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
What is Bennie Borgmann's GOAT Score?
85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Bennie Borgmann rank all time?
376th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 68th within Basketball.
Bennie Borgmann vs Bob Pettit: who ranks higher?
Bennie Borgmann, on 85.0 against Bob Pettit's 85.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.
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