Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 14.6 | |
| 2007 | 17.4 | |
| 2008 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 21.2 | |
| 2010 | 21.4 | |
| 2011 | 18.8 | |
| 2012 | 16.9 | |
| 2013 | 15.6 | |
| 2014 | 14.3 | |
| 2015 | 11.3 | |
| 2016 | 8.8 | |
| 2017 | 6 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cappie Pondexter ranks #96 in Basketball
Cappie Pondexter ranks 96th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 568th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2006–2018 with 12 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 2, finals mvp awards 1, all-star selections 7, olympic golds 1.
Immediately ahead sits Sheryl Swoopes on 83.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Patrick Ewing on 83.4. 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.
Cappie Pondexter GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pondexter stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Pondexter comparisons
Cappie Pondexter — frequently asked
- Is Cappie Pondexter the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cappie Pondexter ranks 96th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Cappie Pondexter's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cappie Pondexter rank all time?
- 568th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 96th within Basketball.
- Cappie Pondexter vs Sheryl Swoopes: who ranks higher?
- Cappie Pondexter, on 83.5 against Sheryl Swoopes's 83.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.