Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7.9 | |
| 2012 | 11.9 | |
| 2013 | 12.8 | |
| 2014 | 16.5 | |
| 2015 | 21.2 | |
| 2016 | 25.5 | |
| 2017 | 16.2 | |
| 2018 | 26.6 | |
| 2019 | 27.1 | |
| 2020 | 24.8 | |
| 2021 | 23.8 | |
| 2022 | 23.7 | |
| 2023 | 21.5 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kawhi Leonard ranks #80 in Basketball
Kawhi Leonard ranks 80th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 629th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 82, Statistics 84. 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 2011–present with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak 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 nba titles 2, finals mvp 2, defensive player of the year 2, all-star selections 6.
Immediately ahead sits Maya Moore on 82.8, a gap of 1.0 points. Directly behind is Jimmy Butler on 80.4. 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.
Kawhi Leonard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Leonard stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Leonard comparisons
Kawhi Leonard — frequently asked
- Is Kawhi Leonard the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kawhi Leonard ranks 80th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Kawhi Leonard's GOAT Score?
- 81.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kawhi Leonard rank all time?
- 629th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 80th within Basketball.
- Kawhi Leonard vs Maya Moore: who ranks higher?
- Maya Moore, on 82.8 against Kawhi Leonard's 81.8 — a margin of 1.0 points.