Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 2.1 | |
| 1997 | 3.4 | |
| 1998 | 5.5 | |
| 1999 | 4.9 | |
| 2000 | 7.3 | |
| 2001 | 7.7 | |
| 2002 | 7.3 | |
| 2003 | 8.8 | |
| 2004 | 11.5 | |
| 2005 | 10.5 | |
| 2006 | 11.6 | |
| 2007 | 11.1 | |
| 2008 | 9.7 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 11.4 | |
| 2011 | 10.7 | |
| 2012 | 6.7 | |
| 2013 | 6.8 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Steve Nash ranks #34 in Basketball
Steve Nash ranks 34th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 261st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 80, Statistics 90. 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 1996–2015 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes mvp awards 2, all-star selections 8, assist titles 5, career assists 10335.
Immediately ahead sits Lisa Leslie on 86.3, a gap of 1.6 points. Directly behind is Vince Carter 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.
Steve Nash GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nash stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Nash comparisons
Steve Nash — frequently asked
- Is Steve Nash the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Steve Nash ranks 34th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Steve Nash's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Steve Nash rank all time?
- 261st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Basketball.
- Steve Nash vs Lisa Leslie: who ranks higher?
- Lisa Leslie, on 86.3 against Steve Nash's 84.7 — a margin of 1.6 points.