Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 98
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 55 | |
| 1971 | 77 | |
| 1972 | 99 | |
| 1973 | 94 | |
| 1974 | 88 | |
| 1975 | 83 | |
| 1976 | 78 | |
| 1977 | 72 | |
| 1978 | 67 | |
| 1979 | 62 | |
| 1980 | 56 | |
| 1981 | 51 | |
| 1982 | 46 | |
| 1983 | 40 | |
| 1984 | 35 |
Data sources
- NBA.com official statistics
- 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 Nate Archibald ranks #44 in Basketball
Nate Archibald ranks 44th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 235th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 98, Longevity 80, Honours 84, Statistics 92. 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 1970–1984 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 98. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 98 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes scoring and assist titles in one season 1, nba championships 1, all-star selections 6, career assists 6476.
Immediately ahead sits John Stockton on 88.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dirk Nowitzki on 88.1. 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.
Nate Archibald GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Archibald stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak98/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 98/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Nate Archibald — frequently asked
- Is Nate Archibald the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nate Archibald ranks 44th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 88.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Nate Archibald's GOAT Score?
- 88.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 98 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nate Archibald rank all time?
- 235th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 44th within Basketball.
- Nate Archibald vs John Stockton: who ranks higher?
- Nate Archibald, on 88.2 against John Stockton's 88.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.