Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 50 | |
| 1958 | 57 | |
| 1959 | 63 | |
| 1960 | 70 | |
| 1961 | 76 | |
| 1962 | 83 | |
| 1963 | 89 | |
| 1964 | 96 | |
| 1965 | 86 | |
| 1966 | 76 | |
| 1967 | 65 | |
| 1968 | 55 | |
| 1969 | 45 |
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 Sam Jones ranks #26 in Basketball
Sam Jones ranks 26th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 136th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 96, 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 1957–1969 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours 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 championships 10, all-star selections 5, career points 15411, playoff games 154.
Immediately ahead sits Shaquille O'Neal on 89.7, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Walt Frazier on 89.4. 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.
Sam Jones GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Jones stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Jones comparisons
Sam Jones — frequently asked
- Is Sam Jones the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sam Jones ranks 26th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 89.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Sam Jones's GOAT Score?
- 89.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sam Jones rank all time?
- 136th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 26th within Basketball.
- Sam Jones vs Shaquille O'Neal: who ranks higher?
- Shaquille O'Neal, on 89.7 against Sam Jones's 89.4 — a margin of 0.3 points.