Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 85
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 15.9 | |
| 1998 | 19.6 | |
| 1999 | 15.5 | |
| 2000 | 17.8 | |
| 2001 | 19.5 | |
| 2002 | 16.9 | |
| 2003 | 18.4 | |
| 2004 | 17.6 | |
| 2005 | 17.3 | |
| 2006 | 15.1 | |
| 2007 | 11.6 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lisa Leslie ranks #33 in Basketball
Lisa Leslie ranks 33rd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 245th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 90, Statistics 85. 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 1997–2009 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1998, which sets the Peak component at 88. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes wnba titles 2, wnba mvp awards 3, olympic golds 4, all-star selections 8.
Immediately ahead sits Tina Thompson on 85.2, a gap of -1.1 points. Directly behind is Steve Nash on 84.7. 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.
Lisa Leslie GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Leslie stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1998. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics85/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 85/100.
Top Leslie comparisons
Lisa Leslie — frequently asked
- Is Lisa Leslie the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lisa Leslie ranks 33rd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 86.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Lisa Leslie's GOAT Score?
- 86.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 85 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lisa Leslie rank all time?
- 245th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 33rd within Basketball.
- Lisa Leslie vs Tina Thompson: who ranks higher?
- Lisa Leslie, on 86.3 against Tina Thompson's 85.2 — a margin of 1.1 points.