Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.9 | |
| 2018 | 15.7 | |
| 2019 | 23.4 | |
| 2020 | 26.4 | |
| 2021 | 26.9 | |
| 2022 | 30.1 | |
| 2023 | 26.9 | |
| 2024 | 26.8 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jayson Tatum ranks #93 in Basketball
Jayson Tatum ranks 93rd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 748th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 66, Honours 82, 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 2017–present with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2022, 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 1, all-star selections 6, all-nba first teams 4, olympic golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Damian Lillard on 78.7, a gap of -2.1 points. Directly behind is Chris Webber on 77.8. 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.
Jayson Tatum GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Tatum stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2022. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Jayson Tatum — frequently asked
- Is Jayson Tatum the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jayson Tatum ranks 93rd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 80.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Jayson Tatum's GOAT Score?
- 80.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jayson Tatum rank all time?
- 748th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 93rd within Basketball.
- Jayson Tatum vs Damian Lillard: who ranks higher?
- Jayson Tatum, on 80.8 against Damian Lillard's 78.7 — a margin of 2.1 points.