Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15.2 | |
| 2002 | 17.2 | |
| 2003 | 21.2 | |
| 2004 | 20.5 | |
| 2005 | 17.6 | |
| 2006 | 19.1 | |
| 2007 | 23.8 | |
| 2008 | 20.5 | |
| 2009 | 20.5 | |
| 2010 | 20.5 | |
| 2011 | 17 | |
| 2012 | 14.8 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lauren Jackson ranks #55 in Basketball
Lauren Jackson ranks 55th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 406th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 80, Honours 84, 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 1997–2023 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2007, 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 wnba mvp awards 3, wnba titles 2, olympic medals 4, wnba scoring titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Gary Payton on 83.0, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Draymond Green on 83.0. 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.
Lauren Jackson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jackson stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2007. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Jackson comparisons
Lauren Jackson — frequently asked
- Is Lauren Jackson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lauren Jackson ranks 55th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Lauren Jackson's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lauren Jackson rank all time?
- 406th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Basketball.
- Lauren Jackson vs Gary Payton: who ranks higher?
- Lauren Jackson, on 84.3 against Gary Payton's 83.0 — a margin of 1.3 points.