Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 50 | |
| 1972 | 55 | |
| 1973 | 60 | |
| 1974 | 66 | |
| 1975 | 71 | |
| 1976 | 76 | |
| 1977 | 81 | |
| 1978 | 87 | |
| 1979 | 92 | |
| 1980 | 97 | |
| 1981 | 92 | |
| 1982 | 87 | |
| 1983 | 81 | |
| 1984 | 76 | |
| 1985 | 71 | |
| 1986 | 66 | |
| 1987 | 61 | |
| 1988 | 56 | |
| 1989 | 50 | |
| 1990 | 45 | |
| 1991 | 40 |
Data sources
- NBA.com official statistics
- 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 Dražen Dalipagić ranks #22 in Basketball
Dražen Dalipagić ranks 22nd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 98th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 276 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1971–1991 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship titles 2, eurobasket titles 2, olympic gold medals 1, yugoslav league titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Nikos Galis on 90.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Stephen Curry on 90.0. 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.
Dražen Dalipagić GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dalipagić stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Dalipagić comparisons
Dražen Dalipagić — frequently asked
- Is Dražen Dalipagić the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dražen Dalipagić ranks 22nd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 90.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Dražen Dalipagić's GOAT Score?
- 90.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dražen Dalipagić rank all time?
- 98th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Basketball.
- Dražen Dalipagić vs Nikos Galis: who ranks higher?
- Dražen Dalipagić, on 90.2 against Nikos Galis's 90.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.