Category profile
- Dominance
- 92
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 55 | |
| 1980 | 61 | |
| 1981 | 66 | |
| 1982 | 72 | |
| 1983 | 77 | |
| 1984 | 83 | |
| 1985 | 88 | |
| 1986 | 94 | |
| 1987 | 99 | |
| 1988 | 91 | |
| 1989 | 84 | |
| 1990 | 76 | |
| 1991 | 68 | |
| 1992 | 60 | |
| 1993 | 53 | |
| 1994 | 45 |
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 Nikos Galis ranks #21 in Basketball
Nikos Galis ranks 21st among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 97th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 92, Peak 96, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 96. 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 1979–1994 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1987, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes eurobasket titles 1, eurobasket mvp awards 1, greek league scoring titles 11, eurobasket points per game 31.
Immediately ahead sits Don Nelson on 90.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dražen Dalipagić on 90.2. 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.
Nikos Galis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance92/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Galis stood above the field while competing. Scored 92/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1987. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Galis comparisons
Nikos Galis — frequently asked
- Is Nikos Galis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nikos Galis ranks 21st in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 90.2, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Nikos Galis's GOAT Score?
- 90.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 92 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nikos Galis rank all time?
- 97th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Basketball.
- Nikos Galis vs Don Nelson: who ranks higher?
- Nikos Galis, on 90.2 against Don Nelson's 90.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.