Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 50 | |
| 1959 | 56 | |
| 1960 | 61 | |
| 1961 | 67 | |
| 1962 | 73 | |
| 1963 | 78 | |
| 1964 | 84 | |
| 1965 | 89 | |
| 1966 | 95 | |
| 1967 | 88 | |
| 1968 | 81 | |
| 1969 | 74 | |
| 1970 | 66 | |
| 1971 | 59 | |
| 1972 | 52 | |
| 1973 | 45 |
Data sources
- NBA.com official statistics
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Hal Greer ranks #40 in Basketball
Hal Greer ranks 40th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 223rd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 276 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1958–1973 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba championships 1, all-star selections 10, career points 21586, games played 1122.
Immediately ahead sits Dikembe Mutombo on 88.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Hakeem Olajuwon on 88.3. 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.
Hal Greer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Greer stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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.
Top Greer comparisons
Hal Greer — frequently asked
- Is Hal Greer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hal Greer ranks 40th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Hal Greer's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hal Greer rank all time?
- 223rd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 40th within Basketball.
- Hal Greer vs Dikembe Mutombo: who ranks higher?
- Hal Greer, on 88.4 against Dikembe Mutombo's 88.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.