Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18.5 | |
| 2012 | 22.5 | |
| 2013 | 20.8 | |
| 2014 | 21.7 | |
| 2015 | 19.6 | |
| 2016 | 25.2 | |
| 2017 | 24.4 | |
| 2018 | 23.8 | |
| 2019 | 27.4 | |
| 2020 | 26.9 | |
| 2021 | 27.4 | |
| 2022 | 27.1 | |
| 2023 | 25.6 | |
| 2024 | 24.7 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kyrie Irving ranks #72 in Basketball
Kyrie Irving ranks 72nd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 587th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 88, Longevity 78, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles 1, all-star selections 9, olympic golds 2, points per game 23.4.
Immediately ahead sits Teresa Weatherspoon on 81.3, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Dennis Rodman on 81.5. 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.
Kyrie Irving GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Irving 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: 15 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Irving comparisons
Kyrie Irving — frequently asked
- Is Kyrie Irving the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kyrie Irving ranks 72nd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Kyrie Irving's GOAT Score?
- 81.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kyrie Irving rank all time?
- 587th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 72nd within Basketball.
- Kyrie Irving vs Teresa Weatherspoon: who ranks higher?
- Kyrie Irving, on 81.4 against Teresa Weatherspoon's 81.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.