Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 3.5 | |
| 1959 | 5.9 | |
| 1960 | 6.3 | |
| 1961 | 6.5 | |
| 1962 | 7.1 | |
| 1963 | 7.4 | |
| 1964 | 8.6 | |
| 1965 | 6.2 | |
| 1966 | 5.9 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why K.C. Jones ranks #49 in Basketball
K.C. Jones ranks 49th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 302nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 88, Honours 94, Statistics 78. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1958–1988 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 86. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles as player 8, nba titles as coach 2, olympic golds 1, career assists 2908.
Immediately ahead sits Arvydas Sabonis on 85.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Marques Haynes on 85.7. 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.
K.C. Jones GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jones stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 30 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Jones comparisons
K.C. Jones — frequently asked
- Is K.C. Jones the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. K.C. Jones ranks 49th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is K.C. Jones's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does K.C. Jones rank all time?
- 302nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 49th within Basketball.
- K.C. Jones vs Arvydas Sabonis: who ranks higher?
- K.C. Jones, on 85.8 against Arvydas Sabonis's 85.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.