Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 60 | |
| 1968 | 72 | |
| 1969 | 84 | |
| 1970 | 96 | |
| 1971 | 87 | |
| 1972 | 79 | |
| 1973 | 70 | |
| 1974 | 61 | |
| 1975 | 52 | |
| 1976 | 44 | |
| 1977 | 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 Mel Daniels ranks #127 in Basketball
Mel Daniels ranks 127th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 827th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 92, Longevity 74, Honours 86, 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 1967–1977 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes aba mvp awards 2, aba titles 3, aba all-star selections 7, career rebounds per game 15.1.
Immediately ahead sits Al Cervi on 84.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Yolanda Griffith on 84.0. 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.
Mel Daniels GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Daniels stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Daniels comparisons
Mel Daniels — frequently asked
- Is Mel Daniels the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mel Daniels ranks 127th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.1, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Mel Daniels's GOAT Score?
- 84.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mel Daniels rank all time?
- 827th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 127th within Basketball.
- Mel Daniels vs Al Cervi: who ranks higher?
- Mel Daniels, on 84.1 against Al Cervi's 84.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.