Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 12.5 | |
| 2010 | 14.6 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 15.4 | |
| 2015 | 14.4 | |
| 2016 | 17.7 | |
| 2017 | 18.9 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 14.4 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 14.2 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sylvia Fowles ranks #21 in Basketball
Sylvia Fowles ranks 21st among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 117th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 2008–2022 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2011, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes wnba titles 2, wnba mvp awards 1, finals mvp awards 2, career rebounds 4006.
Immediately ahead sits Kevin Durant on 88.8, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Hakeem Olajuwon on 88.3. 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.
Sylvia Fowles GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fowles stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2011. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Fowles comparisons
Sylvia Fowles — frequently asked
- Is Sylvia Fowles the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sylvia Fowles ranks 21st in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 88.0, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Sylvia Fowles's GOAT Score?
- 88.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sylvia Fowles rank all time?
- 117th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Basketball.
- Sylvia Fowles vs Kevin Durant: who ranks higher?
- Kevin Durant, on 88.8 against Sylvia Fowles's 88.0 — a margin of 0.8 points.