Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 55 | |
| 1973 | 69 | |
| 1974 | 83 | |
| 1975 | 97 | |
| 1976 | 91 | |
| 1977 | 86 | |
| 1978 | 80 | |
| 1979 | 74 | |
| 1980 | 69 | |
| 1981 | 63 | |
| 1982 | 58 | |
| 1983 | 52 | |
| 1984 | 46 | |
| 1985 | 41 | |
| 1986 | 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 McAdoo ranks #86 in Basketball
Bob McAdoo ranks 86th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 568th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 86, 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 1972–1986 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1975, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, scoring titles 3, nba titles 2, career points 18787.
Immediately ahead sits Spencer Haywood on 85.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Chris Paul on 85.4. 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 McAdoo GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McAdoo stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1975. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
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Bob McAdoo — frequently asked
- Is Bob McAdoo the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob McAdoo ranks 86th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Bob McAdoo's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob McAdoo rank all time?
- 568th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 86th within Basketball.
- Bob McAdoo vs Spencer Haywood: who ranks higher?
- Bob McAdoo, on 85.6 against Spencer Haywood's 85.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.