Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 50 | |
| 1977 | 44 | |
| 1978 | 46 | |
| 1979 | 30 | |
| 1980 | 48 | |
| 1981 | 42 | |
| 1982 | 40 | |
| 1983 | 24 | |
| 1984 | 23 | |
| 1985 | 28 | |
| 1986 | 50 | |
| 1987 | 28 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- 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 Hubie Brown ranks #46 in Basketball
Hubie Brown ranks 46th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 289th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 84, 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 1968–2005 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1976, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 aba championships 1, coach of the year awards 2, nba and aba coaching wins 424, seasons as a head coach 12.
Immediately ahead sits Giannis Antetokounmpo on 85.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Tamika Catchings on 85.8. 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.
Hubie Brown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brown 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 1976. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 37 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- 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 Brown comparisons
Hubie Brown — frequently asked
- Is Hubie Brown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hubie Brown ranks 46th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Hubie Brown's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hubie Brown rank all time?
- 289th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 46th within Basketball.
- Hubie Brown vs Giannis Antetokounmpo: who ranks higher?
- Hubie Brown, on 85.9 against Giannis Antetokounmpo's 85.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.