Category profile
- Dominance
- 87
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 20.3 | |
| 2008 | 25.3 | |
| 2009 | 30.1 | |
| 2010 | 27.7 | |
| 2011 | 28 | |
| 2012 | 28.1 | |
| 2013 | 32 | |
| 2014 | 25.4 | |
| 2015 | 28.2 | |
| 2016 | 25.1 | |
| 2017 | 26.4 | |
| 2018 | 26 | |
| 2019 | 26.9 | |
| 2020 | 29.9 | |
| 2021 | 29.1 | |
| 2022 | 26.6 | |
| 2023 | 27.1 | |
| 2024 | 25 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kevin Durant ranks #20 in Basketball
Kevin Durant ranks 20th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 109th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 87, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 2007–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2013, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles 2, mvp awards 1, finals mvp 2, scoring titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Kevin Garnett on 87.5, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Sylvia Fowles on 88.0. 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.
Kevin Durant GOAT Score explained
- Dominance87/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Durant stood above the field while competing. Scored 87/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2013. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Kevin Durant — frequently asked
- Is Kevin Durant the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kevin Durant ranks 20th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 88.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Kevin Durant's GOAT Score?
- 88.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 87 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kevin Durant rank all time?
- 109th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 20th within Basketball.
- Kevin Durant vs Kevin Garnett: who ranks higher?
- Kevin Durant, on 88.8 against Kevin Garnett's 87.5 — a margin of 1.3 points.