Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 20.4 | |
| 1955 | 25.7 | |
| 1956 | 24.7 | |
| 1957 | 24.6 | |
| 1958 | 29.2 | |
| 1959 | 26.1 | |
| 1960 | 27.9 | |
| 1961 | 31.1 | |
| 1962 | 28.4 | |
| 1963 | 28.4 | |
| 1964 | 22.5 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bob Pettit ranks #57 in Basketball
Bob Pettit ranks 57th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 423rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 1954–1965 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1961, 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 nba titles 1, mvp awards 2, all-star selections 11, career points per game 26.4.
Immediately ahead sits Draymond Green on 83.0, a gap of -2.0 points. Directly behind is Yolanda Griffith on 84.0. 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 Pettit GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pettit stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1961. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Pettit — frequently asked
- Is Bob Pettit the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Pettit ranks 57th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Bob Pettit's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Pettit rank all time?
- 423rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 57th within Basketball.
- Bob Pettit vs Draymond Green: who ranks higher?
- Bob Pettit, on 85.0 against Draymond Green's 83.0 — a margin of 2.0 points.