Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 16.2 | |
| 2004 | 24.1 | |
| 2005 | 27.2 | |
| 2006 | 27.4 | |
| 2007 | 24.6 | |
| 2008 | 30.2 | |
| 2009 | 26.6 | |
| 2010 | 25.5 | |
| 2011 | 22.1 | |
| 2012 | 21.2 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 21.5 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 18.3 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 15 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dwyane Wade ranks #37 in Basketball
Dwyane Wade ranks 37th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 285th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 84, 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 2003–2019 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, 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 3, finals mvp 1, all-star selections 13, scoring titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Charles Barkley on 85.6, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Dwight Howard on 84.6. 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.
Dwyane Wade GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wade 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 2008. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Wade comparisons
Dwyane Wade — frequently asked
- Is Dwyane Wade the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dwyane Wade ranks 37th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Dwyane Wade's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dwyane Wade rank all time?
- 285th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Basketball.
- Dwyane Wade vs Charles Barkley: who ranks higher?
- Charles Barkley, on 85.6 against Dwyane Wade's 85.3 — a margin of 0.3 points.