Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 18.5 | |
| 2009 | 13.1 | |
| 2010 | 20.6 | |
| 2011 | 17.4 | |
| 2012 | 12.5 | |
| 2013 | 16.8 | |
| 2014 | 19.4 | |
| 2015 | 19.4 | |
| 2016 | 16 | |
| 2017 | 13.3 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 14.7 | |
| 2020 | 13.3 | |
| 2021 | 13.2 | |
| 2022 | 9.7 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Candace Parker ranks #40 in Basketball
Candace Parker ranks 40th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 301st 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 82, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 2008–2023 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, 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 wnba titles 3, wnba mvp awards 2, finals mvp 1, olympic golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Seimone Augustus on 84.9, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Lindsay Whalen on 84.1. 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.
Candace Parker GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Parker stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Parker comparisons
Candace Parker — frequently asked
- Is Candace Parker the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Candace Parker ranks 40th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Candace Parker's GOAT Score?
- 85.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Candace Parker rank all time?
- 301st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Basketball.
- Candace Parker vs Seimone Augustus: who ranks higher?
- Candace Parker, on 85.0 against Seimone Augustus's 84.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.