Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 10.8 | |
| 1956 | 11.6 | |
| 1957 | 16.4 | |
| 1958 | 14.5 | |
| 1959 | 14.5 | |
| 1960 | 15 | |
| 1961 | 13.7 | |
| 1962 | 11.9 | |
| 1963 | 9.4 | |
| 1964 | 4.8 |
Data sources
- NBA.com
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tom Gola ranks #93 in Basketball
Tom Gola ranks 93rd among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 556th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 78, Honours 84, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Basketball reference universe of 402 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1952–1966 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1957, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak 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 nba titles 1, ncaa titles 1, all-star selections 5, college career rebounds 2201.
Immediately ahead sits Jack McCracken on 83.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Cynthia Cooper on 83.5. 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.
Tom Gola GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gola stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1957. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Gola comparisons
Tom Gola — frequently asked
- Is Tom Gola the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tom Gola ranks 93rd in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Tom Gola's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tom Gola rank all time?
- 556th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 93rd within Basketball.
- Tom Gola vs Jack McCracken: who ranks higher?
- Jack McCracken, on 83.7 against Tom Gola's 83.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.