Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70 | |
| 1962 | 97 | |
| 1963 | 92 | |
| 1964 | 87 | |
| 1965 | 83 | |
| 1966 | 78 | |
| 1967 | 73 | |
| 1968 | 68 | |
| 1969 | 64 | |
| 1970 | 59 | |
| 1971 | 54 | |
| 1972 | 49 | |
| 1973 | 45 | |
| 1974 | 40 | |
| 1975 | 35 |
Data sources
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- NBA official records
- Basketball-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Walt Bellamy ranks #136 in Basketball
Walt Bellamy ranks 136th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 886th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 78, Statistics 90. 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 1961–1975 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 rookie of the year awards 1, all-star selections 4, career points 20941, career rebounds 14241.
Immediately ahead sits Lefty Driesell on 83.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Russell Westbrook on 83.7. 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.
Walt Bellamy GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bellamy stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Bellamy comparisons
Walt Bellamy — frequently asked
- Is Walt Bellamy the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Walt Bellamy ranks 136th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Walt Bellamy's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Walt Bellamy rank all time?
- 886th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 136th within Basketball.
- Walt Bellamy vs Lefty Driesell: who ranks higher?
- Walt Bellamy, on 83.8 against Lefty Driesell's 83.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.