Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 55 | |
| 1984 | 61 | |
| 1985 | 67 | |
| 1986 | 73 | |
| 1987 | 78 | |
| 1988 | 84 | |
| 1989 | 90 | |
| 1990 | 96 | |
| 1991 | 88 | |
| 1992 | 81 | |
| 1993 | 73 | |
| 1994 | 66 | |
| 1995 | 58 | |
| 1996 | 50 | |
| 1997 | 43 | |
| 1998 | 35 |
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 Clyde Drexler ranks #59 in Basketball
Clyde Drexler ranks 59th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 307th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 84, 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 1983–1998 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1990, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles 1, all-star selections 10, career points 22195, olympic gold medals 1.
Immediately ahead sits Don Haskins on 87.3, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is George Karl on 87.2. 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.
Clyde Drexler GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Drexler stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1990. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Drexler comparisons
Clyde Drexler — frequently asked
- Is Clyde Drexler the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Clyde Drexler ranks 59th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 87.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Clyde Drexler's GOAT Score?
- 87.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Clyde Drexler rank all time?
- 307th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 59th within Basketball.
- Clyde Drexler vs Don Haskins: who ranks higher?
- Clyde Drexler, on 87.3 against Don Haskins's 87.3 — a margin of 0.0 points.