Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 70
- Statistics
- 72
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 55 | |
| 1922 | 62 | |
| 1923 | 70 | |
| 1924 | 76 | |
| 1925 | 82 | |
| 1926 | 86 | |
| 1927 | 90 | |
| 1928 | 92 | |
| 1929 | 90 | |
| 1930 | 88 | |
| 1931 | 84 | |
| 1932 | 80 | |
| 1933 | 76 | |
| 1934 | 72 | |
| 1935 | 66 | |
| 1936 | 60 | |
| 1937 | 54 | |
| 1938 | 48 | |
| 1939 | 42 |
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 Thomas Barlow ranks #262 in Basketball
Thomas Barlow ranks 262nd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2410th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 80, Longevity 90, Honours 70, Statistics 72. 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 1921–1939 with 19 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1928, which sets the Peak component at 80. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes professional league titles 3, hall of fame induction 1980, professional seasons 18, leagues played in 4.
Immediately ahead sits Trae Young on 76.4, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Don Barksdale on 76.1. 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.
Thomas Barlow GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Barlow stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1928. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 19 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours70/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 70/100.
- Statistics72/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 72/100.
Top Barlow comparisons
Thomas Barlow — frequently asked
- Is Thomas Barlow the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Thomas Barlow ranks 262nd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 76.3, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Thomas Barlow's GOAT Score?
- 76.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 70 (20%), Statistics 72 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Thomas Barlow rank all time?
- 2410th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 262nd within Basketball.
- Thomas Barlow vs Trae Young: who ranks higher?
- Trae Young, on 76.4 against Thomas Barlow's 76.3 — a margin of 0.1 points.