Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 96
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9.1 | |
| 1977 | 12.5 | |
| 1978 | 17.2 | |
| 1979 | 17 | |
| 1980 | 18.9 | |
| 1981 | 18.9 | |
| 1982 | 19.5 | |
| 1983 | 19 | |
| 1984 | 19.3 | |
| 1985 | 16.1 | |
| 1986 | 17.5 | |
| 1987 | 14.3 | |
| 1988 | 12.9 | |
| 1989 | 15.7 | |
| 1990 | 14.9 | |
| 1991 | 14.1 | |
| 1992 | 11.7 | |
| 1993 | 11.7 | |
| 1994 | 11.8 | |
| 1995 | 4.5 | |
| 1996 | 3.9 | |
| 1997 | 3.7 | |
| 1998 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 2.1 | |
| 2000 | 2 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Robert Parish ranks #25 in Basketball
Robert Parish ranks 25th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 156th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 84, Longevity 96, Honours 84, 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 1976–1997 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1982, which sets the Peak component at 84. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba titles 4, games played 1611, all-star selections 9, career points 23334.
Immediately ahead sits Jerry West on 88.2, a gap of 3.7 points. Directly behind is Chris Paul on 85.4. 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.
Robert Parish GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Parish stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1982. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity96/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 96/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Parish comparisons
Robert Parish — frequently asked
- Is Robert Parish the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Robert Parish ranks 25th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Robert Parish's GOAT Score?
- 84.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 96 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Robert Parish rank all time?
- 156th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Basketball.
- Robert Parish vs Jerry West: who ranks higher?
- Jerry West, on 88.2 against Robert Parish's 84.5 — a margin of 3.7 points.