Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 55 | |
| 1971 | 63 | |
| 1972 | 71 | |
| 1973 | 79 | |
| 1974 | 87 | |
| 1975 | 95 | |
| 1976 | 88 | |
| 1977 | 82 | |
| 1978 | 75 | |
| 1979 | 68 | |
| 1980 | 62 | |
| 1981 | 55 | |
| 1982 | 48 | |
| 1983 | 42 | |
| 1984 | 35 |
Data sources
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- NBA official records
- Basketball-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bob Lanier ranks #158 in Basketball
Bob Lanier ranks 158th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1027th 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 78, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1970–1984 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1975, 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 all-star selections 8, career points 19248, career rebounds 9698, all-star game mvp awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits George McGinnis on 83.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bill Bradley on 83.0. 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.
Bob Lanier GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lanier stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1975. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Lanier comparisons
Bob Lanier — frequently asked
- Is Bob Lanier the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Lanier ranks 158th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Bob Lanier's GOAT Score?
- 83.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Lanier rank all time?
- 1027th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 158th within Basketball.
- Bob Lanier vs George McGinnis: who ranks higher?
- Bob Lanier, on 83.0 against George McGinnis's 83.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.