Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 58
- Honours
- 70
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17.8 | |
| 2020 | 19.1 | |
| 2021 | 27.4 | |
| 2022 | 26.2 | |
| 2023 | 25.1 | |
| 2024 | 23.2 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ja Morant ranks #183 in Basketball
Ja Morant ranks 183rd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1540th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 88, Longevity 58, Honours 70, Statistics 86. 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 2019–present with 6 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2021, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes rookie of the year awards 1, most improved player awards 1, all-star selections 2, points per game peak 27.4.
Immediately ahead sits Victor Wembanyama on 75.1, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Chuck Cooper on 74.0. 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.
Ja Morant GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Morant stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2021. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity58/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 6 recorded seasons. Scored 58/100.
- Honours70/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 70/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Morant comparisons
Ja Morant — frequently asked
- Is Ja Morant the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ja Morant ranks 183rd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 74.6, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Ja Morant's GOAT Score?
- 74.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 58 (20%), Honours 70 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ja Morant rank all time?
- 1540th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 183rd within Basketball.
- Ja Morant vs Victor Wembanyama: who ranks higher?
- Victor Wembanyama, on 75.1 against Ja Morant's 74.6 — a margin of 0.5 points.