Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 20.2 | |
| 2000 | 20.2 | |
| 2001 | 23.1 | |
| 2002 | 16.7 | |
| 2003 | 16.1 | |
| 2004 | 15.6 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 13.5 | |
| 2007 | 11.3 | |
| 2008 | 9.9 | |
| 2009 | 8.9 | |
| 2010 | 6.6 | |
| 2011 | 3.7 | |
| 2012 | 2 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Katie Smith ranks #28 in Basketball
Katie Smith ranks 28th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 190th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1996–2013 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2001, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes wnba titles 2, olympic golds 3, all-star selections 7, career wnba points 6452.
Immediately ahead sits Tamika Catchings on 85.8, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Scottie Pippen on 85.6. 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.
Katie Smith GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Smith stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2001. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Smith comparisons
Katie Smith — frequently asked
- Is Katie Smith the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Katie Smith ranks 28th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Katie Smith's GOAT Score?
- 85.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Katie Smith rank all time?
- 190th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Basketball.
- Katie Smith vs Tamika Catchings: who ranks higher?
- Tamika Catchings, on 85.8 against Katie Smith's 85.2 — a margin of 0.6 points.