Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 82
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11.5 | |
| 2000 | 10.6 | |
| 2001 | 8.9 | |
| 2002 | 9.3 | |
| 2003 | 8.6 | |
| 2004 | 7.2 | |
| 2005 | 6.3 | |
| 2006 | 4.2 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dawn Staley ranks #90 in Basketball
Dawn Staley ranks 90th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 730th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 82, Longevity 76, Honours 82, Statistics 78. 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 1996–2006 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, which sets the Peak component at 82. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 82 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 3, wnba all-star selections 5, world championship golds 1, career assists per game 5.6.
Immediately ahead sits Brittney Griner on 79.7, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Willis Reed on 81.0. 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.
Dawn Staley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Staley stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak82/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1999. Scored 82/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Staley comparisons
Dawn Staley — frequently asked
- Is Dawn Staley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dawn Staley ranks 90th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 78.7, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Dawn Staley's GOAT Score?
- 78.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 82 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dawn Staley rank all time?
- 730th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 90th within Basketball.
- Dawn Staley vs Brittney Griner: who ranks higher?
- Brittney Griner, on 79.7 against Dawn Staley's 78.7 — a margin of 1.0 points.