Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 55
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 70 | |
| 1983 | 84 | |
| 1984 | 98 | |
| 1985 | 89 | |
| 1986 | 80 |
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 Cheryl Miller ranks #148 in Basketball
Cheryl Miller ranks 148th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 982nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 55, Honours 88, 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 1982–1986 with 5 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, world championship golds 1, ncaa titles 2, naismith player of the year awards 3.
Immediately ahead sits John Beckman on 83.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Wayne Embry on 83.3. 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.
Cheryl Miller GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Miller stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity55/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 4 years of competition and 5 recorded seasons. Scored 55/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Miller comparisons
Cheryl Miller — frequently asked
- Is Cheryl Miller the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cheryl Miller ranks 148th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Cheryl Miller's GOAT Score?
- 83.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 55 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cheryl Miller rank all time?
- 982nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 148th within Basketball.
- Cheryl Miller vs John Beckman: who ranks higher?
- Cheryl Miller, on 83.3 against John Beckman's 83.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.