Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 46 | |
| 1977 | 49 | |
| 1978 | 47 | |
| 1979 | 43 | |
| 1980 | 42 | |
| 1981 | 40 | |
| 1982 | 38 | |
| 1983 | 42 | |
| 1984 | 47 | |
| 1985 | 50 | |
| 1986 | 50 | |
| 1987 | 51 | |
| 1988 | 43 | |
| 1989 | 39 | |
| 1990 | 41 | |
| 1991 | 47 | |
| 1992 | 54 | |
| 1993 | 54 | |
| 1994 | 49 | |
| 1995 | 56 | |
| 1996 | 43 | |
| 1997 | 33 | |
| 1998 | 38 | |
| 1999 | 44 | |
| 2000 | 37 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Larry Brown ranks #17 in Basketball
Larry Brown ranks 17th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 73rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 94, Honours 88, Statistics 90. 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 1967–2016 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 92. Longevity 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 championships 1, ncaa championships 1, nba career wins 1098, nba coach of the year awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Shaquille O'Neal on 89.7, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Karl Malone on 89.2. 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.
Larry Brown GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Brown stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 49 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Brown comparisons
Larry Brown — frequently asked
- Is Larry Brown the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Larry Brown ranks 17th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 89.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Larry Brown's GOAT Score?
- 89.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Larry Brown rank all time?
- 73rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Basketball.
- Larry Brown vs Shaquille O'Neal: who ranks higher?
- Shaquille O'Neal, on 89.7 against Larry Brown's 89.3 — a margin of 0.4 points.