Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 22.2 | |
| 1998 | 22.7 | |
| 1999 | 22.1 | |
| 2000 | 15.7 | |
| 2001 | 12.2 | |
| 2002 | 7.1 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Cynthia Cooper ranks #68 in Basketball
Cynthia Cooper ranks 68th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 537th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 84, 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 1986–2003 with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes wnba titles 4, finals mvp 4, wnba mvp awards 2, olympic golds 1.
Immediately ahead sits Klay Thompson on 82.3, a gap of -1.2 points. Directly behind is Anthony Davis on 81.9. 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.
Cynthia Cooper GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cooper stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Cooper comparisons
Cynthia Cooper — frequently asked
- Is Cynthia Cooper the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Cynthia Cooper ranks 68th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Cynthia Cooper's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Cynthia Cooper rank all time?
- 537th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 68th within Basketball.
- Cynthia Cooper vs Klay Thompson: who ranks higher?
- Cynthia Cooper, on 83.5 against Klay Thompson's 82.3 — a margin of 1.2 points.