Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 64
- Honours
- 70
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 19.1 | |
| 2019 | 29.6 | |
| 2020 | 25.3 | |
| 2021 | 28.4 | |
| 2022 | 26.2 | |
| 2023 | 25.7 | |
| 2024 | 24.2 |
Data sources
- NBA
- Basketball Reference
- FIBA
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Trae Young ranks #180 in Basketball
Trae Young ranks 180th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1363rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 76.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 88, Longevity 64, Honours 70, Statistics 90. 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 2018–present with 7 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2019, which sets the Peak component at 88. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes all-star selections 4, assist titles 2, points per game peak 29.6, career assists per game 9.5.
Immediately ahead sits Zion Williamson on 76.6, a gap of 0.2 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.
Trae Young GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Young stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2019. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity64/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 7 recorded seasons. Scored 64/100.
- Honours70/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 70/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Young comparisons
Trae Young — frequently asked
- Is Trae Young the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Trae Young ranks 180th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 76.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Trae Young's GOAT Score?
- 76.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 64 (20%), Honours 70 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Trae Young rank all time?
- 1363rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 180th within Basketball.
- Trae Young vs Zion Williamson: who ranks higher?
- Zion Williamson, on 76.6 against Trae Young's 76.4 — a margin of 0.2 points.