Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 30.5 | |
| 1961 | 30.8 | |
| 1962 | 28.3 | |
| 1963 | 31.4 | |
| 1964 | 30.8 | |
| 1965 | 31.3 | |
| 1966 | 30.5 | |
| 1967 | 29.2 | |
| 1968 | 24.7 | |
| 1969 | 25.3 | |
| 1970 | 19.4 | |
| 1971 | 17.4 | |
| 1972 | 15.5 | |
| 1973 | 12.7 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Oscar Robertson ranks #17 in Basketball
Oscar Robertson ranks 17th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 98th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 94. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1960–1974 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1963, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 1, nba titles 1, all-star selections 12, career triple-doubles 181.
Immediately ahead sits Moses Malone on 88.5, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Shaquille O'Neal on 89.7. 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.
Oscar Robertson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Robertson stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1963. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Robertson comparisons
Oscar Robertson — frequently asked
- Is Oscar Robertson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Oscar Robertson ranks 17th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 89.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Oscar Robertson's GOAT Score?
- 89.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Oscar Robertson rank all time?
- 98th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Basketball.
- Oscar Robertson vs Moses Malone: who ranks higher?
- Oscar Robertson, on 89.8 against Moses Malone's 88.5 — a margin of 1.3 points.