NBA titles
8
Career points
26,395
All-Star selections
13
Finals MVP awards
1
All-Defensive selections
8
Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 55 | |
| 1963 | 60 | |
| 1964 | 65 | |
| 1965 | 70 | |
| 1966 | 76 | |
| 1967 | 81 | |
| 1968 | 86 | |
| 1969 | 91 | |
| 1970 | 96 | |
| 1971 | 89 | |
| 1972 | 82 | |
| 1973 | 75 | |
| 1974 | 68 | |
| 1975 | 61 | |
| 1976 | 54 | |
| 1977 | 47 | |
| 1978 | 40 |
Data sources
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- NBA official records
- Basketball-Reference
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why John Havlicek ranks #17 in Basketball
John Havlicek ranks #17 in Basketball and #104 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 90.5/100.
The verified career covers 1962–1978 and 17 documented seasons. Peak is 92/100, with Honours the strongest category at 94/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: NBA titles 8, Career points 26395, All-Star selections 13, Finals MVP awards 1.
Nearest context: ahead Tim Duncan (90.5); behind Sergei Belov (90.4). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
John Havlicek GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 90/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 94/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Havlicek comparisons
John Havlicek — frequently asked
- Is John Havlicek the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, John Havlicek ranks #17 in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 90.5/100, behind LeBron James (95.6).
- What is John Havlicek's GOAT Score?
- 90.5/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%).
- Where does John Havlicek rank all time?
- #104 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #17 in Basketball.
- John Havlicek vs Tim Duncan: who ranks higher?
- John Havlicek ranks higher at 90.5 versus Tim Duncan at 90.5, a margin of 0.0 points.