Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7.1 | |
| 1998 | 15.6 | |
| 1999 | 18.3 | |
| 2000 | 20.7 | |
| 2001 | 18.5 | |
| 2002 | 18.5 | |
| 2003 | 14.4 | |
| 2004 | 18.6 | |
| 2005 | 12.8 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 13 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sheryl Swoopes ranks #63 in Basketball
Sheryl Swoopes ranks 63rd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 472nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 78, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1997–2011 with 11 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, 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 wnba titles 4, wnba mvp awards 3, defensive player of the year 3, olympic golds 3.
Immediately ahead sits A'ja Wilson on 85.0, a gap of 1.5 points. Directly behind is Allen Iverson on 82.8. 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.
Sheryl Swoopes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Swoopes stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 11 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
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Sheryl Swoopes — frequently asked
- Is Sheryl Swoopes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sheryl Swoopes ranks 63rd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Sheryl Swoopes's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sheryl Swoopes rank all time?
- 472nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 63rd within Basketball.
- Sheryl Swoopes vs A'ja Wilson: who ranks higher?
- A'ja Wilson, on 85.0 against Sheryl Swoopes's 83.5 — a margin of 1.5 points.