Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 18.4 | |
| 1978 | 22.4 | |
| 1979 | 25.4 | |
| 1980 | 23.8 | |
| 1981 | 20.6 | |
| 1982 | 19.4 | |
| 1983 | 18.8 | |
| 1984 | 17.6 | |
| 1985 | 16.4 | |
| 1986 | 15.8 | |
| 1987 | 14.2 | |
| 1988 | 12.6 | |
| 1989 | 11.4 | |
| 1990 | 9.8 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Denise Curry ranks #79 in Basketball
Denise Curry ranks 79th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 448th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 84, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1977–1990 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1979, 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 olympic gold medals 1, world championship golds 1, ucla career points 3198, wade trophy awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Billy Cunningham on 84.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Lauren Jackson on 84.3. 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.
Denise Curry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Curry stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1979. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Curry comparisons
Denise Curry — frequently asked
- Is Denise Curry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Denise Curry ranks 79th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Denise Curry's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Denise Curry rank all time?
- 448th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 79th within Basketball.
- Denise Curry vs Billy Cunningham: who ranks higher?
- Denise Curry, on 84.5 against Billy Cunningham's 84.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.