Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 87
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 7.9 | |
| 1988 | 14.4 | |
| 1989 | 16.5 | |
| 1990 | 17.8 | |
| 1991 | 21 | |
| 1992 | 18.6 | |
| 1993 | 22 | |
| 1994 | 21.4 | |
| 1995 | 19.4 | |
| 1996 | 20.2 | |
| 1997 | 19.1 | |
| 1998 | 13.8 | |
| 1999 | 12.5 | |
| 2000 | 11 | |
| 2001 | 10.7 | |
| 2002 | 5.9 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Scottie Pippen ranks #29 in Basketball
Scottie Pippen ranks 29th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 204th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 87, Longevity 88, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 1987–2004 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 87. Longevity 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 nba titles 6, all-star selections 7, all-defensive first teams 8, olympic golds 2.
Immediately ahead sits Katie Smith on 85.2, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Arvydas Sabonis on 85.8. 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.
Scottie Pippen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Pippen stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak87/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 87/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Scottie Pippen — frequently asked
- Is Scottie Pippen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Scottie Pippen ranks 29th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Scottie Pippen's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 87 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Scottie Pippen rank all time?
- 204th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Basketball.
- Scottie Pippen vs Katie Smith: who ranks higher?
- Scottie Pippen, on 85.6 against Katie Smith's 85.2 — a margin of 0.4 points.