Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 21.1 | |
| 1998 | 21.7 | |
| 1999 | 23.2 | |
| 2000 | 22.2 | |
| 2001 | 25.5 | |
| 2002 | 23.3 | |
| 2003 | 22.3 | |
| 2004 | 20.3 | |
| 2005 | 18.6 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 19.3 | |
| 2008 | 19.3 | |
| 2009 | 17.9 | |
| 2010 | 13.4 | |
| 2011 | 15.4 | |
| 2012 | 17.8 | |
| 2013 | 15.1 | |
| 2014 | 13.9 | |
| 2015 | 8.6 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tim Duncan ranks #8 in Basketball
Tim Duncan ranks 8th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 33rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 89, Longevity 94, Honours 91, 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 1997–2016 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 89. Longevity 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 nba titles 5, mvp awards 2, finals mvp 3, all-star selections 15.
Immediately ahead sits Bill Russell on 92.5, a gap of 2.0 points. Directly behind is Magic Johnson on 91.9. 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.
Tim Duncan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Duncan stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Duncan comparisons
Tim Duncan — frequently asked
- Is Tim Duncan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tim Duncan ranks 8th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 90.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Tim Duncan's GOAT Score?
- 90.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tim Duncan rank all time?
- 33rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Basketball.
- Tim Duncan vs Bill Russell: who ranks higher?
- Bill Russell, on 92.5 against Tim Duncan's 90.5 — a margin of 2.0 points.