Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 68
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 55 | |
| 1971 | 62 | |
| 1972 | 69 | |
| 1973 | 76 | |
| 1974 | 83 | |
| 1975 | 90 | |
| 1976 | 97 | |
| 1977 | 83 | |
| 1978 | 69 | |
| 1979 | 54 | |
| 1980 | 40 |
Data sources
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- NBA official records
- Basketball-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Pete Maravich ranks #193 in Basketball
Pete Maravich ranks 193rd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1274th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 94, Longevity 68, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1970–1980 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1976, 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 scoring titles 1, career points per game 24.2, all-star selections 5, college points per game 44.2.
Immediately ahead sits Gus Johnson on 81.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Kyrie Irving on 81.4. 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.
Pete Maravich GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Maravich stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1976. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity68/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 68/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Maravich comparisons
Pete Maravich — frequently asked
- Is Pete Maravich the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Pete Maravich ranks 193rd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Pete Maravich's GOAT Score?
- 81.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 68 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Pete Maravich rank all time?
- 1274th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 193rd within Basketball.
- Pete Maravich vs Gus Johnson: who ranks higher?
- Pete Maravich, on 81.5 against Gus Johnson's 81.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.