Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 55 | |
| 1968 | 63 | |
| 1969 | 70 | |
| 1970 | 78 | |
| 1971 | 85 | |
| 1972 | 93 | |
| 1973 | 84 | |
| 1974 | 76 | |
| 1975 | 67 | |
| 1976 | 59 | |
| 1977 | 50 |
Data sources
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Basketball-Reference
- NBA official records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bill Bradley ranks #159 in Basketball
Bill Bradley ranks 159th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1035th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 76, Honours 88, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 276 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1967–1977 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, 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 championships 2, olympic gold medals 1, nba points 9217, all-star selections 1.
Immediately ahead sits Bob Lanier on 83.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Calvin Murphy on 82.9. 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.
Bill Bradley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bradley stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Bradley comparisons
Bill Bradley — frequently asked
- Is Bill Bradley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Bradley ranks 159th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Bill Bradley's GOAT Score?
- 83.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Bradley rank all time?
- 1035th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 159th within Basketball.
- Bill Bradley vs Bob Lanier: who ranks higher?
- Bill Bradley, on 83.0 against Bob Lanier's 83.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.