Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 55 | |
| 1957 | 65 | |
| 1958 | 75 | |
| 1959 | 85 | |
| 1960 | 95 | |
| 1961 | 85 | |
| 1962 | 75 | |
| 1963 | 65 | |
| 1964 | 55 | |
| 1965 | 45 |
Data sources
- NBA.com official statistics
- Basketball Reference
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Tom Heinsohn ranks #89 in Basketball
Tom Heinsohn ranks 89th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 597th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 92, Statistics 88. 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 1956–1965 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1960, which sets the Peak component at 90. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba championships 8, all-star selections 6, career points 12194, rookie of the year awards 1.
Immediately ahead sits Vlade Divac on 85.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Anne Donovan on 85.4. 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 Heinsohn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Heinsohn 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 1960. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Heinsohn comparisons
Tom Heinsohn — frequently asked
- Is Tom Heinsohn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Tom Heinsohn ranks 89th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Tom Heinsohn's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Tom Heinsohn rank all time?
- 597th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 89th within Basketball.
- Tom Heinsohn vs Vlade Divac: who ranks higher?
- Tom Heinsohn, on 85.4 against Vlade Divac's 85.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.