Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 11.4 | |
| 2006 | 12.9 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 15 | |
| 2009 | 15.4 | |
| 2010 | 12.8 | |
| 2011 | 13.6 | |
| 2012 | 12.2 | |
| 2013 | 11.6 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 8.6 | |
| 2018 | 4.9 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lindsay Whalen ranks #41 in Basketball
Lindsay Whalen ranks 41st among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 310th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 86, Longevity 86, Honours 88, 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 2004–2018 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, which sets the Peak component at 86. Honours 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 titles 4, olympic golds 2, all-star selections 5, career assists 2348.
Immediately ahead sits Candace Parker on 85.0, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Russell Westbrook on 83.7. 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.
Lindsay Whalen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Whalen stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Whalen comparisons
Lindsay Whalen — frequently asked
- Is Lindsay Whalen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lindsay Whalen ranks 41st in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Lindsay Whalen's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lindsay Whalen rank all time?
- 310th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 41st within Basketball.
- Lindsay Whalen vs Candace Parker: who ranks higher?
- Candace Parker, on 85.0 against Lindsay Whalen's 84.1 — a margin of 0.9 points.