Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 28 | |
| 1985 | 33 | |
| 1986 | 37 | |
| 1987 | 40 | |
| 1988 | 44 | |
| 1989 | 28 | |
| 1990 | 20 | |
| 1991 | 12 | |
| 1992 | 7 | |
| 1993 | 20 | |
| 1994 | 22 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dražen Petrović ranks #96 in Basketball
Dražen Petrović ranks 96th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 798th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 62, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 1979–1993 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1988, 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 euroleague titles 2, olympic medals 3, single-game european record points 112, nba points per game peak 22.3.
Immediately ahead sits Amar'e Stoudemire on 78.2, a gap of -1.9 points. Directly behind is Liz Cambage on 78.2. 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.
Dražen Petrović GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Petrović 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 1988. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Dražen Petrović — frequently asked
- Is Dražen Petrović the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dražen Petrović ranks 96th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 80.1, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Dražen Petrović's GOAT Score?
- 80.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dražen Petrović rank all time?
- 798th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 96th within Basketball.
- Dražen Petrović vs Amar'e Stoudemire: who ranks higher?
- Dražen Petrović, on 80.1 against Amar'e Stoudemire's 78.2 — a margin of 1.9 points.