Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 11.7 | |
| 1961 | 11.3 | |
| 1962 | 16.6 | |
| 1963 | 11.6 | |
| 1964 | 17.7 | |
| 1965 | 16.5 | |
| 1966 | 18 | |
| 1967 | 20 | |
| 1968 | 22.4 | |
| 1969 | 17.8 | |
| 1970 | 19 | |
| 1971 | 18.8 | |
| 1972 | 20.5 | |
| 1973 | 16.4 | |
| 1974 | 6.7 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lenny Wilkens ranks #59 in Basketball
Lenny Wilkens ranks 59th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 440th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 84, Longevity 88, Honours 80, 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 1960–1975 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1968, which sets the Peak component at 84. Longevity 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 all-star selections 9, nba titles as coach 1, career assists 7211, points per game 16.5.
Immediately ahead sits Yolanda Griffith on 84.0, a gap of 2.5 points. Directly behind is DeMar DeRozan on 81.7. 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.
Lenny Wilkens GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Wilkens stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1968. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Wilkens comparisons
Lenny Wilkens — frequently asked
- Is Lenny Wilkens the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lenny Wilkens ranks 59th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Lenny Wilkens's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lenny Wilkens rank all time?
- 440th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 59th within Basketball.
- Lenny Wilkens vs Yolanda Griffith: who ranks higher?
- Yolanda Griffith, on 84.0 against Lenny Wilkens's 81.5 — a margin of 2.5 points.