Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 91
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17.5 | |
| 2010 | 18.6 | |
| 2011 | 14.7 | |
| 2012 | 22.9 | |
| 2013 | 24 | |
| 2014 | 23.8 | |
| 2015 | 30.1 | |
| 2016 | 25.3 | |
| 2017 | 26.4 | |
| 2018 | 27.3 | |
| 2019 | 20.8 | |
| 2020 | 32 | |
| 2021 | 25.5 | |
| 2022 | 29.4 | |
| 2023 | 26.4 | |
| 2024 | 24.5 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Stephen Curry ranks #14 in Basketball
Stephen Curry ranks 14th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 77th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 93, Longevity 86, Honours 90, Statistics 91. 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 2009–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles 4, mvp awards 2, finals mvp 1, all-star selections 11.
Immediately ahead sits John Stockton on 88.2, a gap of -1.8 points. Directly behind is Dirk Nowitzki on 88.1. 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.
Stephen Curry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Curry stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics91/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 91/100.
Top Curry comparisons
Stephen Curry — frequently asked
- Is Stephen Curry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stephen Curry ranks 14th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 90.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Stephen Curry's GOAT Score?
- 90.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 91 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stephen Curry rank all time?
- 77th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 14th within Basketball.
- Stephen Curry vs John Stockton: who ranks higher?
- Stephen Curry, on 90.0 against John Stockton's 88.2 — a margin of 1.8 points.