Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 76
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21.2 | |
| 2019 | 28.8 | |
| 2020 | 27.7 | |
| 2021 | 28.4 | |
| 2022 | 32.4 | |
| 2023 | 33.9 | |
| 2024 | 28.2 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Luka Dončić ranks #86 in Basketball
Luka Dončić ranks 86th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 688th 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 82, Peak 90, Longevity 70, Honours 76, Statistics 92. 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 2015–present with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-nba first team 5, scoring titles 1, all-star selections 6, euroleague titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Elena Delle Donne on 80.5, a gap of -1.0 points. Directly behind is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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.
Luka Dončić GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dončić stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2023. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours76/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Dončić comparisons
Luka Dončić — frequently asked
- Is Luka Dončić the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Luka Dončić ranks 86th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Luka Dončić's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Luka Dončić rank all time?
- 688th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 86th within Basketball.
- Luka Dončić vs Elena Delle Donne: who ranks higher?
- Luka Dončić, on 81.5 against Elena Delle Donne's 80.5 — a margin of 1.0 points.