Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 4.9 | |
| 1957 | 11.9 | |
| 1958 | 17 | |
| 1959 | 21.8 | |
| 1960 | 21.8 | |
| 1961 | 29.5 | |
| 1962 | 21.5 | |
| 1963 | 19.5 | |
| 1964 | 12.4 | |
| 1965 | 6.4 | |
| 1966 | 8 | |
| 1967 | 7.4 | |
| 1968 | 4.7 | |
| 1969 | 3 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- 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 Richie Guerin ranks #126 in Basketball
Richie Guerin ranks 126th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 749th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 88, Longevity 80, Honours 78, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1956–1970 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1961, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 6, all-nba selections 3, career points 14676, career assists 4211.
Immediately ahead sits Ricky Rubio on 81.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Luka Dončić on 81.5. 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.
Richie Guerin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Guerin stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1961. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Guerin comparisons
Richie Guerin — frequently asked
- Is Richie Guerin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Richie Guerin ranks 126th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 81.6, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Richie Guerin's GOAT Score?
- 81.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Richie Guerin rank all time?
- 749th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 126th within Basketball.
- Richie Guerin vs Ricky Rubio: who ranks higher?
- Ricky Rubio, on 81.7 against Richie Guerin's 81.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.