Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 17.3 | |
| 1964 | 14.1 | |
| 1965 | 17.5 | |
| 1966 | 20.7 | |
| 1967 | 15.4 | |
| 1968 | 18.2 | |
| 1969 | 17.9 | |
| 1970 | 18.2 | |
| 1971 | 12.1 | |
| 1972 | 5 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gus Johnson ranks #131 in Basketball
Gus Johnson ranks 131st among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 758th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 80, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1963–1973 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, 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 all-star selections 5, all-nba selections 4, career points per game 17.1, career rebounds per game 12.7.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Fulks on 81.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kyrie Irving on 81.4. 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.
Gus Johnson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Johnson 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 1966. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- 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.
Top Johnson comparisons
Gus Johnson — frequently asked
- Is Gus Johnson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Gus Johnson ranks 131st in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Gus Johnson's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Gus Johnson rank all time?
- 758th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 131st within Basketball.
- Gus Johnson vs Joe Fulks: who ranks higher?
- Gus Johnson, on 81.5 against Joe Fulks's 81.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.