Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per game
| Season | Points per game | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 50 | |
| 1968 | 60 | |
| 1969 | 69 | |
| 1970 | 79 | |
| 1971 | 88 | |
| 1972 | 98 | |
| 1973 | 91 | |
| 1974 | 84 | |
| 1975 | 76 | |
| 1976 | 69 | |
| 1977 | 62 | |
| 1978 | 55 | |
| 1979 | 47 | |
| 1980 | 40 |
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 Walt Frazier ranks #27 in Basketball
Walt Frazier ranks 27th among Basketball athletes on GOAT Rank and 137th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 96, Longevity 82, Honours 90, Statistics 92. 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 1967–1980 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes nba championships 2, all-star selections 7, all-defensive first teams 7, career assists 5040.
Immediately ahead sits Sam Jones on 89.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Larry Brown on 89.3. 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 Frazier GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Frazier stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Basketball cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1972. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Frazier comparisons
Walt Frazier — frequently asked
- Is Walt Frazier the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Walt Frazier ranks 27th in Basketball with a GOAT Score of 89.4, behind LeBron James on 95.6.
- What is Walt Frazier's GOAT Score?
- 89.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Walt Frazier rank all time?
- 137th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 27th within Basketball.
- Walt Frazier vs Sam Jones: who ranks higher?
- Walt Frazier, on 89.4 against Sam Jones's 89.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.