Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 8.6 | |
| 1951 | 10.6 | |
| 1952 | 10.1 | |
| 1953 | 10.1 | |
| 1954 | 13.1 | |
| 1955 | 11.2 | |
| 1956 | 5.9 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nat Clifton ranks #162 in Basketball
Nat Clifton ranks 162nd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 962nd 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 72, Peak 84, Longevity 82, Honours 80, Statistics 82. 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 1942–1958 with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1954, 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 all-star selections 1, nba games played 468, career points per game 10, career rebounds per game 8.2.
Immediately ahead sits Charley Hyatt on 79.7, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Luol Deng 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.
Nat Clifton GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Clifton stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1954. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Clifton comparisons
Nat Clifton — frequently asked
- Is Nat Clifton the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nat Clifton ranks 162nd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 79.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Nat Clifton's GOAT Score?
- 79.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nat Clifton rank all time?
- 962nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 162nd within Basketball.
- Nat Clifton vs Charley Hyatt: who ranks higher?
- Charley Hyatt, on 79.7 against Nat Clifton's 79.5 — a margin of 0.2 points.