Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11.7 | |
| 2005 | 14.3 | |
| 2006 | 18.8 | |
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 14.1 | |
| 2009 | 17.6 | |
| 2010 | 17.4 | |
| 2011 | 15.3 | |
| 2012 | 16.5 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 12.3 | |
| 2016 | 7.6 | |
| 2017 | 7.5 | |
| 2018 | 2.7 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Luol Deng ranks #163 in Basketball
Luol Deng ranks 163rd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 969th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 84, Longevity 84, Honours 74, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2004–2019 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba all-star selections 2, all-defensive selections 1, career points 12000, nba seasons 15.
Immediately ahead sits Nat Clifton on 79.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Ann Meyers Drysdale on 79.4. 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.
Luol Deng GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Deng 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 2006. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Luol Deng — frequently asked
- Is Luol Deng the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Luol Deng ranks 163rd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 79.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Luol Deng's GOAT Score?
- 79.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Luol Deng rank all time?
- 969th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 163rd within Basketball.
- Luol Deng vs Nat Clifton: who ranks higher?
- Luol Deng, on 79.5 against Nat Clifton's 79.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.