Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 45 | |
| 1999 | 50 | |
| 2000 | 54 | |
| 2001 | 59 | |
| 2002 | 64 | |
| 2003 | 68 | |
| 2004 | 73 | |
| 2005 | 77 | |
| 2006 | 82 | |
| 2007 | 87 | |
| 2008 | 91 | |
| 2009 | 96 | |
| 2010 | 91 | |
| 2011 | 87 | |
| 2012 | 82 | |
| 2013 | 77 | |
| 2014 | 73 | |
| 2015 | 68 | |
| 2016 | 63 | |
| 2017 | 59 | |
| 2018 | 54 | |
| 2019 | 49 | |
| 2020 | 45 | |
| 2021 | 40 |
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 Pau Gasol ranks #7 in Basketball
Pau Gasol ranks 7th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 36th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 92, Honours 94, Statistics 94. 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 1998–2021 with 24 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2009, 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 nba championships 2, all-star selections 6, world cup titles 1, eurobasket titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Bill Russell on 92.5, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Magic Johnson on 91.9. 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.
Pau Gasol GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gasol stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2009. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Gasol comparisons
Pau Gasol — frequently asked
- Is Pau Gasol the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pau Gasol ranks 7th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 92.1, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Pau Gasol's GOAT Score?
- 92.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pau Gasol rank all time?
- 36th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 7th within Basketball.
- Pau Gasol vs Bill Russell: who ranks higher?
- Bill Russell, on 92.5 against Pau Gasol's 92.1 — a margin of 0.4 points.