Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 24.3 | |
| 1990 | 25.6 | |
| 1991 | 23.2 | |
| 1992 | 23.4 | |
| 1993 | 29.8 | |
| 1994 | 27.6 | |
| 1995 | 25 | |
| 1996 | 17.7 | |
| 1997 | 21.6 | |
| 1998 | 15.8 | |
| 1999 | 17.8 | |
| 2000 | 14.4 | |
| 2001 | 12.2 | |
| 2002 | 8.5 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why David Robinson ranks #31 in Basketball
David Robinson ranks 31st among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 212th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1987–2003 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, 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 mvp awards 1, nba titles 2, defensive player of the year 1, scoring titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Arvydas Sabonis on 85.8, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Tina Thompson on 85.2. 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.
David Robinson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Robinson 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 1993. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Robinson comparisons
David Robinson — frequently asked
- Is David Robinson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. David Robinson ranks 31st in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is David Robinson's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does David Robinson rank all time?
- 212th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 31st within Basketball.
- David Robinson vs Arvydas Sabonis: who ranks higher?
- David Robinson, on 86.5 against Arvydas Sabonis's 85.8 — a margin of 0.7 points.