Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 18.6 | |
| 2003 | 19.7 | |
| 2004 | 16.7 | |
| 2005 | 16.5 | |
| 2006 | 16.9 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 16.5 | |
| 2010 | 17.5 | |
| 2011 | 15.5 | |
| 2012 | 17.4 | |
| 2013 | 13.6 | |
| 2014 | 14.9 | |
| 2015 | 13.4 | |
| 2016 | 11 |
Data sources
- WNBA
- Basketball Reference
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tamika Catchings ranks #27 in Basketball
Tamika Catchings ranks 27th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 185th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 86, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 2001–2016 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2003, which sets the Peak component at 86. Longevity 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 1, wnba mvp awards 1, defensive player of the year 5, olympic golds 4.
Immediately ahead sits Chris Paul on 85.4, a gap of -0.4 points. Directly behind is Katie Smith on 85.2. 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.
Tamika Catchings GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Catchings stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2003. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 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.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Tamika Catchings — frequently asked
- Is Tamika Catchings the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tamika Catchings ranks 27th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Tamika Catchings's GOAT Score?
- 85.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tamika Catchings rank all time?
- 185th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 27th within Basketball.
- Tamika Catchings vs Chris Paul: who ranks higher?
- Tamika Catchings, on 85.8 against Chris Paul's 85.4 — a margin of 0.4 points.