Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 16.7 | |
| 2017 | 18.5 | |
| 2018 | 20.1 | |
| 2019 | 19.9 | |
| 2020 | 26.4 | |
| 2021 | 27.1 | |
| 2022 | 24.5 | |
| 2023 | 26.4 | |
| 2024 | 29.6 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nikola Jokić ranks #49 in Basketball
Nikola Jokić ranks 49th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 377th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 93, Longevity 74, Honours 84, Statistics 93. 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 2015–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2024, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 3, nba titles 1, finals mvp 1, all-star selections 7.
Immediately ahead sits Ticha Penicheiro on 83.2, a gap of -3.0 points. Directly behind is Isiah Thomas on 84.2. 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.
Nikola Jokić GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jokić stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2024. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
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Nikola Jokić — frequently asked
- Is Nikola Jokić the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nikola Jokić ranks 49th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 86.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Nikola Jokić's GOAT Score?
- 86.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nikola Jokić rank all time?
- 377th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 49th within Basketball.
- Nikola Jokić vs Ticha Penicheiro: who ranks higher?
- Nikola Jokić, on 86.2 against Ticha Penicheiro's 83.2 — a margin of 3.0 points.