Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 15.8 | |
| 2006 | 17.6 | |
| 2007 | 20.7 | |
| 2008 | 20.6 | |
| 2009 | 18.3 | |
| 2010 | 22.9 | |
| 2011 | 20.6 | |
| 2012 | 17.1 | |
| 2013 | 18.3 | |
| 2014 | 15.8 | |
| 2015 | 13.7 | |
| 2016 | 13.5 | |
| 2017 | 16.6 | |
| 2018 | 12.8 | |
| 2019 | 7.5 | |
| 2020 | 6.2 | |
| 2021 | 6.2 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dwight Howard ranks #38 in Basketball
Dwight Howard ranks 38th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 294th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 82, Statistics 90. 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 2004–2022 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, 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 nba titles 1, defensive player of the year awards 3, all-star selections 8, rebounding titles 5.
Immediately ahead sits Dwyane Wade on 85.3, a gap of 0.7 points. Directly behind is Seimone Augustus on 84.9. 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.
Dwight Howard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Howard stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Howard comparisons
Dwight Howard — frequently asked
- Is Dwight Howard the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dwight Howard ranks 38th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.6, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Dwight Howard's GOAT Score?
- 84.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dwight Howard rank all time?
- 294th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Basketball.
- Dwight Howard vs Dwyane Wade: who ranks higher?
- Dwyane Wade, on 85.3 against Dwight Howard's 84.6 — a margin of 0.7 points.