Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 87
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 20 | |
| 1986 | 21.5 | |
| 1987 | 20.2 | |
| 1988 | 22.7 | |
| 1989 | 28.6 | |
| 1990 | 26.6 | |
| 1991 | 24 | |
| 1992 | 24.2 | |
| 1993 | 24.5 | |
| 1994 | 23.9 | |
| 1995 | 22.5 | |
| 1996 | 22.4 | |
| 1997 | 20.8 | |
| 1998 | 17.3 | |
| 1999 | 15 | |
| 2000 | 9.6 | |
| 2001 | 6 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Patrick Ewing ranks #47 in Basketball
Patrick Ewing ranks 47th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 370th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 87, Longevity 86, Honours 78, Statistics 88. 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 1985–2002 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1989, which sets the Peak component at 87. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 11, career points 24815, career blocks 2894, olympic golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Giannis Antetokounmpo on 85.9, a gap of 2.5 points. Directly behind is Ticha Penicheiro on 83.2. 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.
Patrick Ewing GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ewing stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak87/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1989. Scored 87/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Ewing comparisons
Patrick Ewing — frequently asked
- Is Patrick Ewing the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Patrick Ewing ranks 47th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Patrick Ewing's GOAT Score?
- 83.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 87 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Patrick Ewing rank all time?
- 370th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 47th within Basketball.
- Patrick Ewing vs Giannis Antetokounmpo: who ranks higher?
- Giannis Antetokounmpo, on 85.9 against Patrick Ewing's 83.4 — a margin of 2.5 points.