Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 20.2 | |
| 2017 | 22.9 | |
| 2018 | 27.5 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 28.5 | |
| 2021 | 30.6 | |
| 2022 | 33.1 | |
| 2023 | 34.7 | |
| 2024 | 23 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joel Embiid ranks #99 in Basketball
Joel Embiid ranks 99th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 843rd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 78.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 62, Honours 74, 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 2014–present with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, 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 mvp awards 1, scoring titles 2, all-star selections 7, olympic golds 1.
Immediately ahead sits David Thompson on 78.9, a gap of 0.5 points. Directly behind is Anthony Edwards on 76.7. 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.
Joel Embiid GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Embiid 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 2023. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- 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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Joel Embiid — frequently asked
- Is Joel Embiid the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joel Embiid ranks 99th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 78.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Joel Embiid's GOAT Score?
- 78.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joel Embiid rank all time?
- 843rd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 99th within Basketball.
- Joel Embiid vs David Thompson: who ranks higher?
- David Thompson, on 78.9 against Joel Embiid's 78.4 — a margin of 0.5 points.