Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 70
- Honours
- 72
- Statistics
- 76
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 70 | |
| 1939 | 84 | |
| 1940 | 96 | |
| 1941 | 88 | |
| 1942 | 82 | |
| 1943 | 78 | |
| 1944 | 74 | |
| 1945 | 68 | |
| 1946 | 60 | |
| 1947 | 52 |
Data sources
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Basketball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sonny Boswell ranks #268 in Basketball
Sonny Boswell ranks 268th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2648th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 75.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 86, Longevity 70, Honours 72, Statistics 76. 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 1938–1948 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world professional tournament titles 1, tournament top-scorer awards 1, seasons with the globetrotters 5, nbl seasons 3.
Immediately ahead sits Bobby Leonard on 75.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Stretch Murphy on 74.8. 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.
Sonny Boswell GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Boswell stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity70/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 10 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 70/100.
- Honours72/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 72/100.
- Statistics76/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 76/100.
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Sonny Boswell — frequently asked
- Is Sonny Boswell the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sonny Boswell ranks 268th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 75.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Sonny Boswell's GOAT Score?
- 75.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 70 (20%), Honours 72 (20%), Statistics 76 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sonny Boswell rank all time?
- 2648th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 268th within Basketball.
- Sonny Boswell vs Bobby Leonard: who ranks higher?
- Sonny Boswell, on 75.0 against Bobby Leonard's 75.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.