Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18.3 | |
| 2016 | 25.1 | |
| 2017 | 21.3 | |
| 2018 | 24.4 | |
| 2019 | 26.5 | |
| 2020 | 24.8 | |
| 2021 | 24.6 | |
| 2022 | 20.8 | |
| 2023 | 21.8 | |
| 2024 | 24.4 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Karl-Anthony Towns ranks #138 in Basketball
Karl-Anthony Towns ranks 138th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 799th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 78, Honours 76, Statistics 92. 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 2015–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 5, rookie of the year awards 1, olympic golds 1, three-point contest wins 1.
Immediately ahead sits LaMarcus Aldridge on 81.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Margo Dydek on 81.2. 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.
Karl-Anthony Towns GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Towns stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Karl-Anthony Towns — frequently asked
- Is Karl-Anthony Towns the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Karl-Anthony Towns ranks 138th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Karl-Anthony Towns's GOAT Score?
- 81.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Karl-Anthony Towns rank all time?
- 799th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 138th within Basketball.
- Karl-Anthony Towns vs LaMarcus Aldridge: who ranks higher?
- Karl-Anthony Towns, on 81.2 against LaMarcus Aldridge's 81.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.