Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5.1 | |
| 1985 | 7.4 | |
| 1986 | 8.2 | |
| 1987 | 13.8 | |
| 1988 | 13.6 | |
| 1989 | 14.5 | |
| 1990 | 14.2 | |
| 1991 | 13.7 | |
| 1992 | 12 | |
| 1993 | 12.6 | |
| 1994 | 11.2 | |
| 1995 | 9.7 | |
| 1996 | 10.5 | |
| 1997 | 8.5 | |
| 1998 | 8.6 | |
| 1999 | 8.7 | |
| 2000 | 8.2 | |
| 2001 | 7.7 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why John Stockton ranks #13 in Basketball
John Stockton ranks 13th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 70th 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 84, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 82, Statistics 96. 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 1984–2003 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1989, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career assists 15806, career steals 3265, all-star selections 10, olympic golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Larry Bird on 91.2, a gap of 3.0 points. Directly behind is Stephen Curry on 90.0. 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.
John Stockton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Stockton stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1989. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Stockton comparisons
John Stockton — frequently asked
- Is John Stockton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. John Stockton ranks 13th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is John Stockton's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does John Stockton rank all time?
- 70th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within Basketball.
- John Stockton vs Larry Bird: who ranks higher?
- Larry Bird, on 91.2 against John Stockton's 88.2 — a margin of 3.0 points.