Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 55 | |
| 1967 | 62 | |
| 1968 | 70 | |
| 1969 | 77 | |
| 1970 | 85 | |
| 1971 | 92 | |
| 1972 | 85 | |
| 1973 | 78 | |
| 1974 | 71 | |
| 1975 | 64 | |
| 1976 | 56 | |
| 1977 | 49 | |
| 1978 | 42 | |
| 1979 | 35 |
Data sources
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- NBA official records
- Basketball-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lou Hudson ranks #232 in Basketball
Lou Hudson ranks 232nd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1621st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 80, Honours 74, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 276 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1966–1979 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1971, which sets the Peak component at 86. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 6, career points 17940, career points per game 20.2, seasons played 13.
Immediately ahead sits Charley Hyatt on 79.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Nat Clifton on 79.5. 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.
Lou Hudson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hudson stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1971. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Hudson comparisons
Lou Hudson — frequently asked
- Is Lou Hudson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lou Hudson ranks 232nd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 79.7, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Lou Hudson's GOAT Score?
- 79.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lou Hudson rank all time?
- 1621st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 232nd within Basketball.
- Lou Hudson vs Charley Hyatt: who ranks higher?
- Lou Hudson, on 79.7 against Charley Hyatt's 79.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.