Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 5.7 | |
| 1950 | 6.3 | |
| 1951 | 6.1 | |
| 1952 | 6 | |
| 1953 | 5.8 | |
| 1954 | 5.6 | |
| 1955 | 5.4 | |
| 1956 | 5.7 | |
| 1957 | 4.6 | |
| 1958 | 3.8 | |
| 1959 | 3.1 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dick McGuire ranks #155 in Basketball
Dick McGuire ranks 155th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 889th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 78, Statistics 84. 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 1949–1960 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1950, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 7, career assists 4205, games played 738, career assists per game 5.7.
Immediately ahead sits Goran Dragić on 80.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Carmelo Anthony on 80.2. 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.
Dick McGuire GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McGuire stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1950. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Dick McGuire — frequently asked
- Is Dick McGuire the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dick McGuire ranks 155th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 80.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Dick McGuire's GOAT Score?
- 80.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dick McGuire rank all time?
- 889th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 155th within Basketball.
- Dick McGuire vs Goran Dragić: who ranks higher?
- Goran Dragić, on 80.4 against Dick McGuire's 80.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.