Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 12.6 | |
| 2014 | 15.6 | |
| 2015 | 15.1 | |
| 2016 | 14.5 | |
| 2017 | 21.9 | |
| 2018 | 20.5 | |
| 2019 | 20.7 | |
| 2020 | 17.7 | |
| 2021 | 20.5 | |
| 2022 | 17.5 | |
| 2023 | 17.8 | |
| 2024 | 15.5 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Brittney Griner ranks #89 in Basketball
Brittney Griner ranks 89th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 712th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 84, Longevity 74, Honours 80, Statistics 84. 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 2013–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2017, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes wnba titles 1, olympic golds 2, blocking titles 8, all-star selections 10.
Immediately ahead sits Devin Booker on 80.6, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Dawn Staley on 78.7. 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.
Brittney Griner GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Griner stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2017. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Griner comparisons
Brittney Griner — frequently asked
- Is Brittney Griner the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Brittney Griner ranks 89th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 79.7, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Brittney Griner's GOAT Score?
- 79.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Brittney Griner rank all time?
- 712th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 89th within Basketball.
- Brittney Griner vs Devin Booker: who ranks higher?
- Devin Booker, on 80.6 against Brittney Griner's 79.7 — a margin of 0.9 points.