GOAT Rank · 31

Greatest Basketball Players who debuted in the 1960s

This ranking is led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rick Barry and John Havlicek. GOAT Rank currently ranks 31 eligible Basketball players who debuted in the 1960s using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 95.2.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

95.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1969–1989
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 95.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 95.0
Longevity: 96.0

Athlete: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Rick Barry

90.6

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1965–1980
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Rick Barry

John Havlicek

90.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1962–1978
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: John Havlicek

Sergei Belov

90.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1964–1980
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Sergei Belov

Oscar Robertson

89.8

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1960–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Oscar Robertson

Walt Frazier

89.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1967–1980
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Walt Frazier

Dino Meneghin

88.7

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1966–1994
Country: 🇮🇹 Italy

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Dino Meneghin

Elvin Hayes

88.4

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1968–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Elvin Hayes

Jerry West

88.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1960–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Jerry West

Krešimir Ćosić

87.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1968–1983
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Krešimir Ćosić

Jerry Lucas

86.8

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1963–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Jerry Lucas

Spencer Haywood

85.6

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1969–1983
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Spencer Haywood

Louie Dampier

85.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1967–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Louie Dampier

Earl Monroe

85.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1967–1980
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Earl Monroe

102

Billy Cunningham

84.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1965–1976
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Billy Cunningham

108

Connie Hawkins

84.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1961–1976
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Connie Hawkins

109

Wes Unseld

84.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1968–1981
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Wes Unseld

113

Mel Daniels

84.1

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1967–1977
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Mel Daniels

116

Gail Goodrich

83.9

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1965–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Gail Goodrich

117

Dave DeBusschere

83.9

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1962–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Dave DeBusschere

121

Walt Bellamy

83.8

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1961–1975
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Walt Bellamy

144

Bill Bradley

83.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1967–1977
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Bill Bradley

157

Zelmo Beaty

82.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1962–1975
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Zelmo Beaty

159

Dave Bing

82.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1966–1978
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Dave Bing

175

Lenny Wilkens

81.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1960–1975
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Lenny Wilkens

177

Gus Johnson

81.5

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1963–1973
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Gus Johnson

193

Willis Reed

81.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1964–1974
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Willis Reed

194

Roger Brown

81.0

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1967–1975
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Roger Brown

195

Al Attles

80.9

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1960–1971
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Al Attles

199

Nate Thurmond

80.6

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1963–1977
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Nate Thurmond

217

Lou Hudson

79.7

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1966–1979
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Lou Hudson

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1989	95.2
14	Rick Barry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1980	90.6
17	John Havlicek	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1978	90.5
18	Sergei Belov	Basketball	🇷🇺 Russia	1964–1980	90.4
22	Oscar Robertson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	89.8
25	Walt Frazier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	89.4
30	Dino Meneghin	Basketball	🇮🇹 Italy	1966–1994	88.7
34	Elvin Hayes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1984	88.4
38	Jerry West	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	88.2
50	Krešimir Ćosić	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1968–1983	87.5
54	Jerry Lucas	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	86.8
74	Spencer Haywood	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	85.6
84	Louie Dampier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1979	85.2
85	Earl Monroe	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	85.2
102	Billy Cunningham	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1976	84.5
108	Connie Hawkins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1976	84.2
109	Wes Unseld	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	84.1
113	Mel Daniels	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	84.1
116	Gail Goodrich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1979	83.9
117	Dave DeBusschere	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1974	83.9
121	Walt Bellamy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1975	83.8
144	Bill Bradley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	83.0
157	Zelmo Beaty	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1975	82.3
159	Dave Bing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	82.3
175	Lenny Wilkens	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1975	81.5
177	Gus Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1973	81.5
193	Willis Reed	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1974	81.0
194	Roger Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1975	81.0
195	Al Attles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.9
199	Nate Thurmond	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	80.6
217	Lou Hudson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1979	79.7

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