Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 17.6 | |
| 1961 | 30.8 | |
| 1962 | 27.1 | |
| 1963 | 28.7 | |
| 1964 | 25.4 | |
| 1965 | 31 | |
| 1966 | 31.3 | |
| 1967 | 28.7 | |
| 1968 | 26.3 | |
| 1969 | 25.9 | |
| 1970 | 31.2 | |
| 1971 | 26.9 | |
| 1972 | 25.8 | |
| 1973 | 20.3 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jerry West ranks #24 in Basketball
Jerry West ranks 24th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 146th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 92. 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 1960–1974 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 nba titles 1, finals mvp 1, all-star selections 14, career points 25192.
Immediately ahead sits Julius Erving on 88.0, a gap of -0.2 points. Directly behind is Robert Parish on 84.5. 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.
Jerry West GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far West stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top West comparisons
Jerry West — frequently asked
- Is Jerry West the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jerry West ranks 24th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Jerry West's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jerry West rank all time?
- 146th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within Basketball.
- Jerry West vs Julius Erving: who ranks higher?
- Jerry West, on 88.2 against Julius Erving's 88.0 — a margin of 0.2 points.