Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 66
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 66 | |
| 1928 | 80 | |
| 1929 | 94 | |
| 1930 | 86 | |
| 1931 | 78 | |
| 1932 | 72 | |
| 1933 | 64 | |
| 1934 | 56 | |
| 1935 | 48 |
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 Stretch Murphy ranks #269 in Basketball
Stretch Murphy ranks 269th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2666th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 74.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 66, Honours 74, Statistics 74. 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 1927–1935 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1929, 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 national championships 1, all-american selections 2, hall of fame induction 1960, big ten titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Sonny Boswell on 75.0, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Laddie Gale on 74.7. 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.
Stretch Murphy GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Murphy stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1929. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Murphy comparisons
Stretch Murphy — frequently asked
- Is Stretch Murphy the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stretch Murphy ranks 269th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 74.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Stretch Murphy's GOAT Score?
- 74.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stretch Murphy rank all time?
- 2666th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 269th within Basketball.
- Stretch Murphy vs Sonny Boswell: who ranks higher?
- Sonny Boswell, on 75.0 against Stretch Murphy's 74.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.