The Official Michael Regan NBA GOAT Rankings – Intro and a Big Chunk of Work

A quick note before we start this – this is really long. It couldn’t even fit in one article; the site started deleting things on me as I tried to add them. There are a bunch of tables and a decent amount of paragraphs and just a lot of things. So a quick run over where everything is is in order. Immediately after this, I will (relatively) quickly go over what the point of all this is, what greatest means to me, the factors that I used to pick our 157 players (who are not necessarily the 157 greatest players of all-time but should contain the top 100 or more), and then a very brief overiew of the categories we’re taking into account and how much they’re worth. After that is a decent chunk of the work, for lack of a better word, where you will find deeper descriptions of the categories and subcategories and their values, all of the tables that rank all of those players based on those categories and subcategories, and more tables that keep us updated on the overall leaderboard as we go. Our second article, which is also linked at the very end of this one, contains some more work. Our third article contains the rest of the work. Our final article contains the final GOAT list, which stands on its own there. By reading the little intro that follows here and then going to the list itself, you’d probably get what you need and want. But all of the work in between should answer any deeper questions on how exactly we arrived at the final list.

I’m starting this on June 17, which means Steph Curry just sealed his fourth title less than twelve hours ago (ignore the fact that it’s now October 17). It’s another significant accolade in the trophy cabinet of one of the game’s all-time greats, and that means it’s time to fire up the engines and get back to the debate that never ends. Who’s the greatest NBA player of all time, and in what order do all the other greats follow them? It’s an inherently endless debate given the lack of definite categories to consider and, equally if not more important, the lack of agreement on how we should weigh all of those potential categories. What does a title mean? An All-NBA appearance? Points? Assists? Advanced metrics? The elusive eye test? There’s no single objective approach to take here, even if we only take the objective numerical stats into account.

And that’s where we need to start here. Basketball is a beautiful game, and it’s meant to be played out in front of our eyes. The strategy, the athletic feats, the butterflies during crunch time; these aren’t replaceable by numbers. But when it comes to accurately measuring players, rather than simply enjoying the game, we need to work on closing our eyes a little bit. The eye test is a great tool. There are things the numbers can’t tell us that body language, feel for the game, and more can. But relying on the eye test leaves us with a severely flawed picture, one that, to give the stereotypical example, might emphasize the ball skills of a Jamal Crawford over the less flashy but likely more important contributions of a solid three-and-D wing. We all have players that we watched in college or early in their careers that were going to be that guy – until they weren’t. We have lying eyes. We also can’t see the past nearly as well as we see the future, and there is undoubtedly a bias towards the players we grow up with and watch the most. These things matter in an all-time debate. None of this is to say that the accolades or numbers are perfect. Defensive stats are notoriously messy, and there are flaws in comparing across eras, especially with advanced stats that often don’t carry back very many decades. Accolades are difficult to judge across eras too given the differences in how difficult they are to achieve in any given year and the lack of certain accolades in early league history. But there is at least some solid ground to stand on there. We can argue all day about our opinions after watching LeBron or KD, and there’s no way to definitively win that debate. No such argument exists when we can say Player A won this and averaged that while Player B won that and averaged this. So we will limit this to accolades and stats, and we’ll get into the weighing and attempts to add era-based context later.

Before we get there, let’s touch on two more important elements. First, what does greatest mean? It’s a pretty crucial question to answer. Because Tracy McGrady may have been a better basketball player – a more talented basketball player – than, say, Shawn Marion (I may be giving Shawn some unnecessary flack here but he’s the first name that popped into my head). Kyrie Irving may be a better basketball player than Bob Cousy was. But that’s not what we’re talking about here. We’re ranking players by the greatness of their careers – how much did they produce, how much did they accomplish, and how long were they able to play at a high level. We’re not arguing about peak LeBron vs. peak Jordan in a game of one v. one or some hypothetical game where they have the exact same rosters around them. How do their careers stack up? This is another reason we can pass on the eye test. It’s a useful tool, but much of that use is lost when we go from judging how good an individual player was/is to judging how great their career was. To be blunt, what they did matters, and it doesn’t really matter how they looked doing it.

Second, before we go through the details of what to consider, we need to decide who to consider. In the past, I’ve broken small groups of players into subjective tiers before going for the more objective comparisons between them. Here, we’re going to try to consider a much larger pool of players all at once. So what gets you on the list?

• 90+ career win shares

There’s era-to-era variation in this, but you’re generally looking at 8-11 win shares in any given season being enough to put you in the league’s top 15. Multiply that by 10 to give someone the equivalent of ten top fifteen seasons, a relatively decent marker for sustained success, and we get to 80-110 career win shares. Then we consider a little bit of extra longevity and pick 95 and call it a day. This is fairly arbitrary, but it does a good job of using an overall measure of impact to give us an initial big group of deserving players to work with without going too crazy. And it leaves us with exactly 100 players, presented in order of career win shares (note: ABA stats included).

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

LeBron James

Wilt Chamberlain

Karl Malone

Michael Jordan

John Stockton

Tim Duncan

Dirk Nowitzki

Chris Paul

Kevin Garnett

Artis Gilmore

Oscar Robertson

Shaquille O’Neal

Julius Erving

Moses Malone

David Robinson

Charles Barkley

Reggie Miller

Kobe Bryant

Bill Russell

Hakeem Olajuwon

Jerry West

Dan Issel

Magic Johnson

Kevin Durant

Paul Pierce

James Harden

Robert Parish

Larry Bird

Gary Payton

Ray Allen

Pau Gasol

Dolph Schayes

Dwight Howard

Jason Kidd

Bob Pettit

Clyde Drexler

Adrian Dantely

John Havlicek

Walt Bellamy

Steve Nash

Rick Barry

Patrick Ewing

Vince Carter

Scottie Pippen

Shawn Marion

Chauncey Billups

Elvin Hayes

Dwyane Wade

Stephen Curry

Buck Williams

Horace Grant

Dominique Wilkins

Chet Walker

Bob Lanier

Dikembe Mutombo

George Gervin

LaMarcus Aldridge

Bailey Howell

Walt Frazier

Kevin McHale

Jack Sikma

Tony Parker

Terry Porter

Wes Unseld

Elton Brand

Larry Nance (Sr)

Detlef Schrempf

Jeff Hornacek

Paul Arizin

George Mikan

Carmelo Anthony

Russell Westbrook

Manu Ginobli

Otis Thorpe

Zelmo Beaty

Chris Bosh

Bill Laimbeer

Sam Perkins

Rasheed Wallace

Kyle Lowry

Elgin Baylor

Maurice Cheeks

Hal Greer

Tyson Chandler

Jason Terry

Andre Miller

Alex English

Eddie Jones

Ed Macauley

Al Horford

Andre Iguodala

Grant Hill

AC Green

Allen Iverson

Jerry Lucas

Tracy McGrady

Vlade Divac

Lenny Wilkens

Paul Millsap

• Career VORP above 40

Unlike win shares, VORP doesn’t go back to the league’s earliest days, but we still have about 50 years of data to go with here. Using the same idea as above, we get a VORP of of somewhere around 4, give or take a point across eras, being good for top fifteen in the league. Multiply that by 10 and we get the 45 number. There are only sixty-two players in league history that meet this benchmark, and only ten of them are new additions to the list, bringing our total number to 110.

Nikola Jokic

Damian Lillard

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Anthony Davis

Chris Webber

Andrei Kirilenko

Isiah Thomas

Chris Mullin

Bobby Jones

Kawhi Leonard

• Career BPM over 3

You’ve generally needed a BPM over 4 to finish in the top fifteen in any given season, but since this is an average stat rather than a cumulative stat (in other words the stat itself tends to go down as a player plays late into their career rather than the rate at which the stat increases going down), we’ll cut down to 3 to get a few more potentially worthy options. This will include some current players that maybe aren’t deserving but are still at or near the peak of their powers (KAT), but that’s a sacrifice we’ll have to make. This adds 19 more names, bringing us to 129 overall.

Karl-Anthony Towns

Jimmy Butler

Kyrie Irving

Paul George

Rudy Gobert

Kevin Johnson

Mark Price

Sidney Moncrief

Terrell Brandon

Blake Griffin

Kevin Love

Fat Lever

Marques Johnson

Nate McMillan

Yao Ming

Doc Rivers

Tim Hardaway

Marc Gasol

Mookie Blaylock

• An MVP

There can be some debate here, but the MVP suggests that this player had at least one season where they were a reasonable pick to be the best player in the league. That’s a significant claim to be able to make, and there are very few cases (barring maybe Derrick Rose) where that type of season is relatively unique in the larger story of the player’s career. This adds 6 names to the list, bringing us to 135.

Derrick Rose

Bill Walton

Bob McAdoo

Dave Cowens

Willis Reed

Bob Cousy

• Last Additions

I’ll add a few other names for longevity, peak, etc.

Joe Johnson (top 30 minutes played)

Clifford Robinson (top 30 minutes played)

Rod Strickland (top 20 assists)

Nate Thurmond (top 15 rebounds)

Alvin Robertson (top 15 steals in just 10 seasons)

Tree Rollins (top 10 blocks)

Mark Eaton (top 10 blocks)

Draymond Green

Rajon Rondo

Klay Thompson

Pete Maravich

David Thompson

Alonzo Mourning

James Worthy

Bill Sharman

Dennis Rodman

Earl Monroe

Sam Jones

Dave DeBusschere

Billy Cunningham

Dave Bing

Nate Archibald

Alright. That’s 157 names. Let’s get after it.

So now for the important part – how exactly do we do this? What goes into this ranking? Here’s how I see all of the possible categories and their respective weights. There are a variety of subcategories we can look into for each one. For example, scoring includes pure volume, efficiency, perimeter shooting, and free throw effectiveness, which is a lot more complicated statistically than something like rebounding, where there are just a few stats that we can reliably use. We’ll get to the those subcategories and their weight within a category as we move along. Also note here that we won’t be tracking something like career points under scoring, since that would just be a repetitive measure of the longevity category. The weights themselves are based on a (subjective) view of how much this stuff matters. How does scoring stack up with blocks or longevity or championships?

Category	Points
Scoring	10
Playmaking	5
Rebounding	5
Steals	2
Blocks	2
Fouls	1
Longevity	10
Offensive Advanced Metrics	3
Defensive Advanced Metrics	3
Overall Advanced Metrics	8
Regular Season Awards	10
Championships and Role	14
Finals Record and Appearances	7
Playoff Record	7.5

We get a sum of 100 here. Essentially, how this is going to work is that the top mark in any given subcategory gets the full point allotment and then everyone else gets a certain percentage of that total given how they stack up relative to the top mark. And then we add the numbers up across all the categories and rank everyone based on how high their final number, which will be somewhere between 0 and 100. Simple enough. I have two categories that I cut at the end, and I will discuss those at the end of our work. To scoring we go.

SCORING (10)

Scoring gets a high value here, almost as high as any other category. Part of the reason is that scoring itself is important. It’s not the only important stat or contribution that one can make, and there is the risk of overvaluing a player just because they score a decent amount of points. But there is ultimately no statistic or skill that has a more direct effect on winning a basketball game than the ability to put ball in basket. And it’s very often the best players that are asked to do it the most and still do it with decent efficiency. The other reason – we can break down scoring into a lot more subcategories than something like rebounding, and the higher value here allows us to give some of those subcategories the weight they deserve.

Subcategories:

• Pure Volume (4) – Points per game (2.5), Points per 36 minutes (1.5)
• Efficiency (3) – FG% (1.5), TS% (1.5)
• Perimeter Shooting (2) – Threes per game (0.5), Made threes per game (0.5), 3P% (1)
• Free Throw Effectiveness (1) – Free throws per game (0.3), FT per FG attempt (0.2), FT% (0.5)

Let’s start with pure volume. We could just look at simple points per game, but that doesn’t take into account the differences between eras. The late 40s and early 50s were very low scoring, for example. The 60s were very high scoring. The 70s and 80s were somewhere in the middle before the mid 90s kicked off a roughly 20 year span of the league’s lowest scoring days since the very beginning. The last five or so years have returned to something similar to the 70s and 80s. The same number of individual points has been a different part of the overall scoring puzzle across eras. To adjust for this, I took the league’s highest scoring season (1962), and set that 118.8 points per game (per team not combined) figure as the standard. I then divided 118.8 by the average team scoring per game in every other NBA season. This led to a multiplier of 1-something for every single season. I then took the average of the multipler’s for the seasons of a player’s career (so the average of the multipliers from 2004-2022 for LeBron for example) and multiplied that average by the player’s points per game career average. So this new era-adjusted figure we have is above everyone’s career average, but that increase was more for players that played in low-scoring eras such as the first decade or the late 90s and 2000s. We then ranked players by their era-adjusted scoring total, with MJ at the top with 34.57 “points” per game. So Jordan gets 2.5 points for the points per game subcategory. To determine everyone else’s score, I divided their era-adjusted average by 34.57 and then multiplied this number by 2.5 to give them a score based on their position relative to Jordan. This is going to be the first of many massive leaderboards, but here it is, with EA standing for era-adjusted. Remember that this is just our 157 players, and not the all-time leaderboard for PPG specifically, though you’d certainly see a very similar list at the top either way.

One other quick note – some of the multipliers throughout will read as “1899-12”. I frankly have no idea what this means and can only assume it’s a weird quirk of Google Sheets, which I had to use instead of Excel. But the important thing is that this figure still attributes the correct multiplier; it just says 1899-12 for some reason.

Player	PPG	Multiplier	EA PPG	GOAT POINTS
MJ	30.1	1.148588526	34.57	2.50
AI	26.7	1.229532885	32.83	2.37
George Mikan	23.1	1.401107912	32.78	2.37
LeBron	27.1	1.165731822	31.59	2.28
Wilt	30.1	1.041811305	31.36	2.27
KD	27.2	1.148422941	31.24	2.26
Kobe	25	1.218594521	30.46	2.20
Karl Malone	25	1.177241421	29.43	2.13
Bob Pettit	26.4	1.099298299	29.02	2.10
Shaq	23.7	1.214234076	28.78	2.08
Elgin Baylor	27.4	1.041373984	28.53	2.06
Harden	24.9	1.142242686	28.44	2.06
Jerry West	27	1.048495596	28.31	2.05
Dominique	24.8	1.139822	28.27	2.04
Paul Arizin	22.8	1.223360868	27.89	2.02
Steph	24.3	1.142242686	27.76	2.01
Dame	24.6	1.123947205	27.65	2.00
George Gervin	25.1	1.087176393	27.29	1.97
Oscar	25.7	1.048495596	26.95	1.95
Kareem	24.6	1.091813887	26.86	1.94
AD	23.8	1.123947205	26.75	1.93
Rick Barry	24.8	1.07741227	26.72	1.93
Pistol Pete	24.2	1.103432424	26.70	1.93
Larry	24.3	1.09438097	26.59	1.92
Adrian Dantley	24.3	1.092415592	26.55	1.92
Dr J	24.2	1.084259265	26.24	1.90
Melo	22.5	1.165731822	26.23	1.90
Kyrie	23.1	1.133919719	26.19	1.89
Russ	22.8	1.145511066	26.12	1.89
D Wade	22	1899-12	26.06	1.88
Chuck	22.1	1.151342849	25.44	1.84
KAT	23.2	1.094889321	25.40	1.84
CWebb	20.7	1.22521362	25.36	1.83
Hakeem	21.8	1.162146067	25.33	1.83
David Robinson	21.1	1.19648121	25.25	1.83
Dirk	20.7	1.200673498	24.85	1.80
David Thompson	22.7	1.08858424	24.71	1.79
Ewing	21	1.167436885	24.52	1.77
Dan Issel	22.6	1.080012629	24.41	1.77
Bob McAdoo	22.1	1.101174423	24.34	1.76
Giannis	21.8	1.114273652	24.29	1.76
T-Mac	19.6	1.227591343	24.06	1.74
Paul Pierce	19.7	1.212010863	23.88	1.73
Alex English	21.5	1.092415592	23.49	1.70
Paul George	20.4	1.138823999	23.23	1.68
Tim Duncan	19	1.218204433	23.15	1.67
Ray Allen	18.9	1.223729063	23.13	1.67
Bosh	19.2	1.203188205	23.10	1.67
Clyde Drexler	20.4	1.132339993	23.10	1.67
Yao	19	1.213888786	23.06	1.67
Ed Macauley	17.5	1.312904764	22.98	1.66
Elvin Hayes	21	1.092315925	22.94	1.66
Billy Cunningham	21.2	1.068017603	22.64	1.64
Blake	19.8	1.138823999	22.55	1.63
Dolph Schayes	18.5	1.217730419	22.53	1.63
Moses	20.3	1.104457111	22.42	1.62
John Havlicek	20.8	1.073771986	22.33	1.62
Bill Sharman	17.8	1.243666401	22.14	1.60
Bob Lanier	20.1	1899-12	22.11	1.60
Klay	19.5	1.133919719	22.11	1.60
LaMarcus Aldridge	19.1	1899-12	22.00	1.59
Dave Bing	20.3	1.081417787	21.95	1.59
Kawhi	19.2	1.139897586	21.89	1.58
Marques Johnson	20.1	1.085699	21.82	1.58
KG	17.8	1.217421918	21.67	1.57
Reggie	18.2	1.190599255	21.67	1.57
Jokic	19.7	1.094889321	21.57	1.56
Magic	19.5	1.099439795	21.44	1.55
Walt Bellamy	20.1	1.059350421	21.29	1.54
IT	19.2	1.103053994	21.18	1.53
Tim Hardaway	17.7	1.19648121	21.18	1.53
Mullin	18.2	1.162652999	21.16	1.53
Bob Cousy	18.4	1.149516863	21.15	1.53
Chris Paul	18.1	1.156160812	20.93	1.51
Kevin Johnson	17.9	1.168481599	20.92	1.51
D Rose	18.2	1.145511066	20.85	1.51
Alonzo Mourning	17.1	1.219150589	20.85	1.51
Tiny Archibald	18.8	1.100084233	20.68	1.50
Walt Frazier	18.9	1.086851361	20.54	1.49
Earl Monroe	18.8	1.086851361	20.43	1.48
Grant Hill	16.7	1.221918579	20.41	1.48
Artis Gilmore	18.8	1.085065587	20.40	1.48
Pau	17	1.191420785	20.25	1.46
K Love	17.6	1.145511066	20.16	1.46
Hal Greer	19.2	1.045555	20.07	1.45
Jimmy	17.7	1.133919719	20.07	1.45
Vince	16.7	1.194397966	19.95	1.44
Willis Reed	18.7	1.05723853	19.77	1.43
Gary Payton	16.3	1.20958924	19.72	1.43
McHale	17.9	1.097557	19.65	1.42
James Worthy	17.6	1.103814939	19.43	1.40
Dave Cowens	17.6	1.102659556	19.41	1.40
Chet Walker	18.2	1.063915838	19.36	1.40
Bailey Howell	18.7	1899-12	19.33	1.40
Elton Brand	15.9	1899-12	19.27	1.39
Pippen	16.1	1.18873908	19.14	1.38
Larry Nance	17.1	1.103053994	18.86	1.36
Joe Johnson	16	1.173433097	18.77	1.36
Chauncey	15.2	1.223595114	18.60	1.34
Sam Jones	17.7	1.045059001	18.50	1.34
Shawn Marion	15.2	1.215593493	18.48	1.34
Tony Parker	15.5	1899-12	18.47	1.34
Dwight	15.7	1.15983089	18.21	1.32
Eddie Jones	14.8	1.229125782	18.19	1.32
Zelmo Beaty	17.1	1.057393672	18.08	1.31
Jerry Lucas	17	1.058423233	17.99	1.30
Sheed Wallace	14.4	1.224714187	17.64	1.28
Nash	14.3	1.223729063	17.50	1.27
Mark Price	15.2	1.146319894	17.42	1.26
Lenny Wilkens	16.5	1.055788872	17.42	1.26
Clifford Robinson	14.2	1.204072081	17.10	1.24
Kyle Lowry	14.8	1.151874471	17.05	1.23
Sidney Moncrief	15.6	1.09156229	17.03	1.23
Jack Sikma	15.6	1899-12	17.02	1.23
Dave DeBusschere	16.1	1.056084263	17.00	1.23
Jeff Hornacek	14.5	1.162231678	16.85	1.22
Terrell Brandon	13.8	1.206695772	16.65	1.20
Otis Thorpe	14	1.157332362	16.20	1.17
Detlef Schrempf	13.9	1.162652999	16.16	1.17
Robert Parish	14.5	1.114507674	16.16	1.17
Nate Thurmond	15	1.075361808	16.13	1.17
Jason Terry	13.4	1.20257131	16.11	1.17
Marc Gasol	14	1.151001067	16.11	1.17
Mookie Blaylock	13.5	1.192425045	16.10	1.16
Bill Russell	15.1	1.056421469	15.95	1.15
Manu	13.3	1.195828109	15.90	1.15
Rod Strickland	13.2	1.196048227	15.79	1.14
Horford	13.7	1.148422941	15.73	1.14
Alvin Robertson	14	1.119783067	15.68	1.13
Millsap	13.4	1.151874471	15.44	1.12
Kidd	12.6	1.221918579	15.40	1.11
Fat Lever	13.9	1.103814939	15.34	1.11
Stockton	13.1	1.166728451	15.28	1.11
Andre Miller	12.5	1.212133128	15.15	1.10
Bill Walton	13.3	1.097646135	14.60	1.06
Buck Williams	12.8	1.127879613	14.44	1.04
AK47	11.8	1.212704985	14.31	1.03
Terry Porter	12.2	1899-12	14.24	1.03
Bill Laimbeer	12.9	1.102763168	14.23	1.03
Vlade Divac	11.8	1.202806736	14.19	1.03
Gobert	12.4	1.114273652	13.82	1.00
Sam Perkins	11.9	1.157332362	13.77	1.00
Horace Grant	11.2	1899-12	13.31	0.96
Iggy	11.4	1.15983089	13.22	0.96
Bobby Jones	12.1	1.086617668	13.15	0.95
Doc Rivers	10.9	1.116647375	12.17	0.88
Mo Cheeks	11.1	1.095481353	12.16	0.88
Dikembe	9.8	1.212367475	11.88	0.86
Wes Unseld	10.8	1899-12	11.80	0.85
Rajon Rondo	9.8	1.151874471	11.29	0.82
AC Green	9.6	1.162652999	11.16	0.81
Dray	8.7	1.123947205	9.78	0.71
Tyson Chandler	8.2	1.184641365	9.71	0.70
Dennis Rodman	7.3	1.162231678	8.48	0.61
Nate McMillan	5.9	1.146319894	6.76	0.49
Mark Eaton	6	1.097757811	6.59	0.48
Tree Rollins	5.4	1.103844009	5.96	0.43

We can do the same exact thing (just 1.5 GOAT points instead of 2.5) with points per 36. This gives a slightly more zoomed in picture of scoring rate rather than one that is dependent on how much a player plays in each game. This can be a misleading stat for players that irregularly play but put up a few big showings in their five-to-ten minute runs, but it can be genuinely helpful in giving a little more rate refinement when comparing players of a similar stature. Giannis, for example, is a player that scores a ton of points despite usually playing five or so minutes less than your average star. You can talk about the minutes side of that too, but on a pure scoring basis, it does mean that Giannis – or someone like KD as we’ll see below – is scoring more efficiently time-wise than their peers. The same process as above results in the table below. I will save a check on the overall GOAT points leaderboard until the end of each big category (so the end of all of the scoring), so the rightmost column here is just in reference to points per 36. Once again, there is an era-adjustment –

Player	PP36		EAPP36	GOAT POINTS
MJ	28.3	1.148588526	32.51	1.50
KD	26.6	1.148422941	30.55	1.41
Kobe	24.9	1.218594521	30.34	1.40
Shaq	24.6	1.214234076	29.87	1.38
LeBron	25.6	1.165731822	29.84	1.38
Harden	25.9	1.142242686	29.58	1.36
George Gervin	26.9	1.087176393	29.25	1.35
Steph	25.5	1.142242686	29.13	1.34
Dominique	25.2	1.139822	28.72	1.33
AI	23.3	1.229532885	28.65	1.32
George Mikan	20.1	1.41897372	28.52	1.32
Karl Malone	24.2	1.177241421	28.49	1.31
AD	24.9	1.123947205	27.99	1.29
Kyrie	24.4	1.133919719	27.67	1.28
D Wade	23.3	1899-12	27.60	1.27
Dame	24.4	1.123947205	27.42	1.27
Melo	23.4	1.165731822	27.28	1.26
Russ	23.7	1.145511066	27.15	1.25
David Thompson	24.9	1.08858424	27.11	1.25
Bob Pettit	24.5	1.099298299	26.93	1.24
Giannis	24.1	1.114273652	26.85	1.24
Paul Arizin	21.9	1.223360868	26.79	1.24
KAT	24.4	1.094889321	26.72	1.23
Adrian Dantley	24.4	1.092415592	26.65	1.23
Dirk	22.1	1.200673498	26.53	1.22
T-Mac	21.6	1.227591343	26.52	1.22
Alex English	24.2	1.092415592	26.44	1.22
Bob McAdoo	23.9	1.101174423	26.32	1.21
Kareem	24.1	1.091813887	26.31	1.21
David Robinson	21.8	1.19648121	26.08	1.20
Pistol Pete	23.6	1.103432424	26.04	1.20
Jerry West	24.8	1.048495596	26.00	1.20
Dr J	23.9	1.084259265	25.91	1.20
Rick Barry	23.9	1.07741227	25.75	1.19
Ewing	22	1.167436885	25.68	1.19
Elgin Baylor	24.6	1.041373984	25.62	1.18
Dan Issel	23.7	1.080012629	25.60	1.18
Jokic	23.3	1.094889321	25.51	1.18
Yao	21	1.213888786	25.49	1.18
Hakeem	21.9	1.162146067	25.45	1.17
Bill Sharman	20.3	1.243666401	25.25	1.16
Kawhi	22.1	1.139897586	25.19	1.16
Paul Pierce	20.7	1.212010863	25.09	1.16
Chuck	21.7	1.151342849	24.98	1.15
Larry	22.8	1.09438097	24.95	1.15
Paul George	21.9	1.138823999	24.94	1.15
Blake	21.7	1.138823999	24.71	1.14
CWebb	20.1	1.22521362	24.63	1.14
Wilt	23.6	1.041811305	24.59	1.13
Tim Duncan	20.1	1.218204433	24.49	1.13
Klay	21.4	1.133919719	24.27	1.12
Alonzo Mourning	19.8	1.219150589	24.14	1.11
Clyde Drexler	21.3	1.132339993	24.12	1.11
Vince	20	1.194397966	23.89	1.10
Dolph Schayes	19.6	1.217730419	23.87	1.10
Sam Jones	22.8	1.045059001	23.83	1.10
Bob Lanier	21.6	1899-12	23.76	1.10
Moses	21.5	1.104457111	23.75	1.10
D Rose	20.7	1.145511066	23.71	1.09
LaMarcus Aldridge	20.4	1899-12	23.50	1.08
K Love	20.5	1.145511066	23.48	1.08
Billy Cunningham	21.9	1.068017603	23.39	1.08
Bosh	19.4	1.203188205	23.34	1.08
Mullin	20	1.162652999	23.25	1.07
Ray Allen	19	1.223729063	23.25	1.07
Earl Monroe	21.2	1.086851361	23.04	1.06
Ed Macauley	17.5	1.312904764	22.98	1.06
Oscar	21.9	1.048495596	22.96	1.06
Marques Johnson	21.1	1.085699	22.91	1.06
Reggie	19.1	1.190599255	22.74	1.05
McHale	20.7	1.097557	22.72	1.05
KG	18.6	1.217421918	22.64	1.04
Manu	18.8	1.195828109	22.48	1.04
Kevin Johnson	18.9	1.168481599	22.08	1.02
John Havlicek	20.4	1.073771986	21.90	1.01
Chris Paul	18.9	1.156160812	21.85	1.01
Bob Cousy	19	1.149516863	21.84	1.01
Pau	18.3	1.191420785	21.80	1.01
Tony Parker	18.3	1899-12	21.80	1.01
Jimmy	19.2	1.133919719	21.77	1.00
Dave Bing	20.1	1.081417787	21.74	1.00
Tim Hardaway	18.1	1.19648121	21.66	1.00
James Worthy	19.6	1.103814939	21.63	1.00
Grant Hill	17.7	1.221918579	21.63	1.00
Bailey Howell	20.9	1899-12	21.60	1.00
Chet Walker	20.3	1.063915838	21.60	1.00
Elvin Hayes	19.7	1.092315925	21.52	0.99
Magic	19.2	1.099439795	21.11	0.97
Elton Brand	17.4	1899-12	21.09	0.97
IT	19.1	1.103053994	21.07	0.97
Chauncey	17.2	1.223595114	21.05	0.97
Mark Price	18.3	1.146319894	20.98	0.97
Tiny Archibald	19	1.100084233	20.90	0.96
Dwight	17.8	1.15983089	20.64	0.95
Artis Gilmore	19	1.085065587	20.62	0.95
Walt Bellamy	19.4	1.059350421	20.55	0.95
Robert Parish	18.4	1.114507674	20.51	0.95
Hal Greer	19.5	1.045555	20.39	0.94
Sidney Moncrief	18.6	1.09156229	20.30	0.94
Larry Nance	18.4	1.103053994	20.30	0.94
Gary Payton	16.7	1.20958924	20.20	0.93
Terrell Brandon	16.7	1.206695772	20.15	0.93
Willis Reed	19	1.05723853	20.09	0.93
Nash	16.4	1.223729063	20.07	0.93
Clifford Robinson	16.6	1.204072081	19.99	0.92
Millsap	17.2	1.151874471	19.81	0.91
Pippen	16.6	1.18873908	19.73	0.91
Walt Frazier	18.1	1.086851361	19.67	0.91
Detlef Schrempf	16.9	1.162652999	19.65	0.91
Jason Terry	16.2	1.20257131	19.48	0.90
Joe Johnson	16.6	1.173433097	19.48	0.90
Sheed Wallace	15.9	1.224714187	19.47	0.90
Zelmo Beaty	18.4	1.057393672	19.46	0.90
Shawn Marion	15.9	1.215593493	19.33	0.89
Jeff Hornacek	16.6	1.162231678	19.29	0.89
Kyle Lowry	16.7	1.151874471	19.24	0.89
Eddie Jones	15.5	1.229125782	19.05	0.88
Terry Porter	15.9	1899-12	18.56	0.86
Bill Walton	16.9	1.097646135	18.55	0.86
Rod Strickland	15.5	1.196048227	18.54	0.86
Otis Thorpe	15.9	1.157332362	18.40	0.85
Jack Sikma	16.8	1899-12	18.32	0.85
Dave Cowens	16.5	1.102659556	18.19	0.84
Marc Gasol	15.7	1.151001067	18.07	0.83
Alvin Robertson	15.9	1.119783067	17.80	0.82
Lenny Wilkens	16.8	1.055788872	17.74	0.82
Andre Miller	14.6	1.212133128	17.70	0.82
Horford	15.3	1.148422941	17.57	0.81
Sam Perkins	15.1	1.157332362	17.48	0.81
Fat Lever	15.8	1.103814939	17.44	0.80
Stockton	14.9	1.166728451	17.38	0.80
Bobby Jones	15.9	1.086617668	17.28	0.80
AK47	14.2	1.212704985	17.22	0.79
Vlade Divac	14.3	1.202806736	17.20	0.79
Dave DeBusschere	16.2	1.056084263	17.11	0.79
Jerry Lucas	15.7	1.058423233	16.62	0.77
Gobert	14.9	1.114273652	16.60	0.77
Mookie Blaylock	13.9	1.192425045	16.57	0.76
Bill Laimbeer	14.6	1.102763168	16.10	0.74
Buck Williams	14.2	1.127879613	16.02	0.74
Doc Rivers	14.3	1.116647375	15.97	0.74
Nate Thurmond	14.5	1.075361808	15.59	0.72
Kidd	12.6	1.221918579	15.40	0.71
Iggy	12.7	1.15983089	14.73	0.68
Horace Grant	12.1	1899-12	14.38	0.66
AC Green	12.1	1.162652999	14.07	0.65
Dikembe	11.5	1.212367475	13.94	0.64
Mo Cheeks	12.6	1.095481353	13.80	0.64
Rajon Rondo	11.8	1.151874471	13.59	0.63
Bill Russell	12.8	1.056421469	13.52	0.62
Tyson Chandler	10.8	1.184641365	12.79	0.59
Dray	11	1.123947205	12.36	0.57
Wes Unseld	10.7	1899-12	11.70	0.54
Tree Rollins	9.4	1.103844009	10.38	0.48
Dennis Rodman	8.3	1.162231678	9.65	0.45
Nate McMillan	8.3	1.146319894	9.51	0.44
Mark Eaton	7.5	1.097757811	8.23	0.38

Next up is efficiency, where we’ll be taking a look at FG% and TS%. I put this at 3 points and one less than pure volume largely because efficiency can tilt towards players in simpler roles, especially big men who only shoot at the rim. So that creates a comparison difficulty that’s going to decrease the value here. Efficiency is very valuable for comparing Steph to your average point guard or LeBron to your average high-volume forward, and these guys will gain an advantage over similar players for their numbers here. But you will also have the bigs like Rudy Gobert ranking super high. And that’s not a knock on Gobert or anyone else; it’s important that they finish the looks they get. That’s the job, and it doesn’t matter to the final score if the looks are easier than others or created by teammates. Those finishing bigs should get some credit for that. But the difficulty in accounting for position and role when looking at efficiency numbers is inherent, and there needs to be some limitation on the value of ranking Gobert as a more efficient scorer than a LeBron or a KD. Technically and statistically, it’s true. But Gobert would also be shooting like 20% from the floor, and maybe much less, if he was asked to take the same shots. And while one could, perhaps fairly, point out that LeBron and KD might not finish at the rim at a rate above 60% if asked to play the role of a center offensively, there is likely less of a gap there. True shooting addresses this to some degree in valuing different kinds of shots for their different point values rather than counting every shot as the exact same, but your rim-based bigs are still going to be very high there since your TS% won’t go down for not shooting threes. So, again, it’s worth comparing similar players here rather than all of the players, and the differences in efficiency will end up playing a role in separating a KD from a LeBron more than a Gobert from a Steph by the time everything is tallied up. This is why we’ll also look at things like pure scoring volume and usage rate later on to try to paint a fuller picture.

Let’s start with FG%. I did an era-adjusted figure here as well using the exact same process I used for PPG. Bob Cousy is an easy example to use here. He did shoot 37% from the field, but he also played a decent amount of his career in years where the league average FG% was barely above or even below 40%. Cousy shooting 37% in 1955 simply isn’t equivalent to Taurean Prince shooting 37% in 2020. Now, Cousy’s era-adjusted FG% of roughly 46% is still pretty low on the totem pole here, so don’t take this to mean that he was a bastion of efficiency or anything remotely close. But adjusting for era allows us to place Cousy in a more accurate spot – as a slightly less efficient player than Kyle Lowry – rather than sticking him way behind the rest of the pack. Here are the results (remember that we will sum up GOAT points at the end of each big category) –

Player	FG%		EA FG%	GOAT POINTS
Gobert	0.653	1.074885054	0.70	1.50
Tyson Chandler	0.597	1.085312224	0.65	1.39
Dwight	0.587	1.078027904	0.63	1.36
Shaq	0.582	1.084698897	0.63	1.35
Wilt	0.54	1.124542577	0.61	1.30
Artis Gilmore	0.582	1.030300467	0.60	1.28
Kareem	0.559	1.040764491	0.58	1.25
Jokic	0.542	1.070642382	0.58	1.24
Otis Thorpe	0.546	1.054781843	0.58	1.23
Ed Macauley	0.436	1.319226158	0.58	1.23
Giannis	0.535	1.074885054	0.58	1.23
Bobby Jones	0.56	1.023457424	0.57	1.23
Alonzo Mourning	0.527	1.087390192	0.57	1.23
Walt Bellamy	0.516	1.107609697	0.57	1.22
Yao	0.524	1.086675655	0.57	1.22
Buck Williams	0.549	1.036207353	0.57	1.22
Chuck	0.541	1.051292615	0.57	1.22
McHale	0.554	1.021284278	0.57	1.21
KAT	0.527	1.070642382	0.56	1.21
Dikembe	0.518	1.08402841	0.56	1.20
Larry Nance	0.546	1.024626456	0.56	1.20
David Robinson	0.518	1.075448667	0.56	1.19
Robert Parish	0.537	1.032330685	0.55	1.19
Horford	0.515	1.076392993	0.55	1.19
AD	0.515	1.07600582	0.55	1.19
Tim Duncan	0.506	1.092817872	0.55	1.18
Adrian Dantley	0.54	1.022570709	0.55	1.18
Jerry Lucas	0.499	1.10539759	0.55	1.18
Dennis Rodman	0.521	1.057741303	0.55	1.18
Pau	0.507	1.086187057	0.55	1.18
Karl Malone	0.516	1.066774934	0.55	1.18
George Mikan	0.404	1.358993372	0.55	1.18
Bill Sharman	0.426	1.284613175	0.55	1.17
Stockton	0.515	1.060527972	0.55	1.17
Horace Grant	0.509	1899-12	0.55	1.17
LeBron	0.505	1.080275327	0.55	1.17
Elton Brand	0.5	1899-12	0.55	1.17
Zelmo Beaty	0.494	1.101587387	0.54	1.17
Bailey Howell	0.48	1899-12	0.54	1.16
KG	0.497	1.090942539	0.54	1.16
Hakeem	0.512	1.057606072	0.54	1.16
Wes Unseld	0.509	1899-12	0.54	1.16
Oscar	0.485	1.11539225	0.54	1.16
Mullin	0.509	1.058078417	0.54	1.15
Bob Lanier	0.514	1899-12	0.54	1.15
Bosh	0.494	1.086094624	0.54	1.15
Paul Arizin	0.421	1.273806209	0.54	1.15
Tree Rollins	0.522	1.026368118	0.54	1.15
Bill Walton	0.521	1.027796016	0.54	1.15
Nash	0.49	1.092255239	0.54	1.15
James Worthy	0.521	1.026508939	0.53	1.15
Ewing	0.504	1.060874861	0.53	1.15
Vlade Divac	0.495	1.079855088	0.53	1.15
Mo Cheeks	0.523	1.020933175	0.53	1.14
KD	0.496	1.076392993	0.53	1.14
Tony Parker	0.491	1899-12	0.53	1.14
Kawhi	0.493	1.079102737	0.53	1.14
Magic	0.52	1.021689053	0.53	1.14
Blake	0.493	1.077513993	0.53	1.14
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.493	1899-12	0.53	1.14
Sam Jones	0.456	1.16234678	0.53	1.14
Jerry West	0.474	1.11539225	0.53	1.13
Shawn Marion	0.484	1.090990784	0.53	1.13
Bob Pettit	0.436	1.211040719	0.53	1.13
Millsap	0.489	1.076258169	0.53	1.13
Grant Hill	0.483	1.089348575	0.53	1.13
Marques Johnson	0.518	1.015246145	0.53	1.13
Willis Reed	0.476	1.102311483	0.52	1.12
Jeff Hornacek	0.496	1.057741303	0.52	1.12
Walt Frazier	0.49	1.070116125	0.52	1.12
Kevin Johnson	0.493	1.060259865	0.52	1.12
AC Green	0.494	1.058078417	0.52	1.12
CWebb	0.479	1.090538263	0.52	1.12
MJ	0.497	1.0508001	0.52	1.12
Dr J	0.506	1.030631746	0.52	1.12
Bob McAdoo	0.503	1.034799357	0.52	1.12
D Wade	0.48	1899-12	0.52	1.11
Detlef Schrempf	0.491	1.058078417	0.52	1.11
Chet Walker	0.47	1.103969707	0.52	1.11
Alex English	0.507	1.022570709	0.52	1.11
George Gervin	0.504	1.028418773	0.52	1.11
Marc Gasol	0.481	1.077081795	0.52	1.11
David Thompson	0.505	1.025446262	0.52	1.11
Dan Issel	0.499	1.035743979	0.52	1.11
AK47	0.474	1.089248192	0.52	1.11
Bill Russell	0.44	1.17253063	0.52	1.11
Dirk	0.471	1.089695381	0.51	1.10
Hal Greer	0.452	1.132611046	0.51	1.10
Sidney Moncrief	0.502	1.018085218	0.51	1.10
Bill Laimbeer	0.498	1.023749257	0.51	1.09
Sheed Wallace	0.467	1.091212718	0.51	1.09
Steph	0.473	1.076724079	0.51	1.09
Chris Paul	0.473	1.076695949	0.51	1.09
Moses	0.495	1.028036349	0.51	1.09
Pippen	0.473	1.072556283	0.51	1.09
Kyrie	0.47	1.078024772	0.51	1.09
Reggie	0.471	1.074118219	0.51	1.08
Larry	0.496	1.0199535	0.51	1.08
Gary Payton	0.466	1.082470836	0.50	1.08
Andre Miller	0.461	1.090844007	0.50	1.08
Iggy	0.463	1.078027904	0.50	1.07
Earl Monroe	0.464	1.070116125	0.50	1.06
Jimmy	0.46	1.078024772	0.50	1.06
Mark Price	0.472	1.048895979	0.50	1.06
Alvin Robertson	0.477	1.035366944	0.49	1.06
Klay	0.458	1.078024772	0.49	1.06
Ray Allen	0.452	1.092255239	0.49	1.06
Billy Cunningham	0.452	1.089503494	0.49	1.06
D Rose	0.457	1.076379176	0.49	1.05
Rick Barry	0.456	1.077185653	0.49	1.05
Terry Porter	0.463	1899-12	0.49	1.05
Clyde Drexler	0.472	1.039937023	0.49	1.05
Rajon Rondo	0.456	1.076258169	0.49	1.05
Elgin Baylor	0.431	1.136444166	0.49	1.05
Rod Strickland	0.454	1.077007526	0.49	1.05
Tiny Archibald	0.467	1.046569604	0.49	1.05
Kobe	0.447	1.092242913	0.49	1.05
Dave Cowens	0.46	1.05796292	0.49	1.04
Paul Pierce	0.445	1.091936456	0.49	1.04
Manu	0.447	1.086156496	0.49	1.04
Sam Perkins	0.459	1.054781843	0.48	1.04
Jason Terry	0.444	1.088973672	0.48	1.04
Terrell Brandon	0.448	1.07923373	0.48	1.04
Melo	0.447	1.080275327	0.48	1.03
John Havlicek	0.439	1.095809189	0.48	1.03
Dominique	0.461	1.043490968	0.48	1.03
Dolph Schayes	0.38	1.26564255	0.48	1.03
Lenny Wilkens	0.432	1.112805196	0.48	1.03
Dave DeBusschere	0.432	1.106251646	0.48	1.02
Eddie Jones	0.437	1.093019996	0.48	1.02
Joe Johnson	0.441	1.083046255	0.48	1.02
Dave Bing	0.441	1.082487822	0.48	1.02
Harden	0.442	1.076724079	0.48	1.02
T-Mac	0.435	1.093965498	0.48	1.02
Elvin Hayes	0.452	1.052324121	0.48	1.02
K Love	0.441	1.076379176	0.47	1.02
Dray	0.441	1.07600582	0.47	1.02
Vince	0.435	1.088780374	0.47	1.01
Jack Sikma	0.464	1899-12	0.47	1.01
Clifford Robinson	0.438	1.079756536	0.47	1.01
Russ	0.438	1.076379176	0.47	1.01
Dame	0.437	1.07600582	0.47	1.01
Mark Eaton	0.458	1.023846661	0.47	1.00
Paul George	0.435	1.077513993	0.47	1.00
Pistol Pete	0.441	1.062315913	0.47	1.00
AI	0.425	1.094335103	0.47	1.00
Nate McMillan	0.443	1.048895979	0.46	1.00
Tim Hardaway	0.431	1.075448667	0.46	0.99
IT	0.452	1.024626456	0.46	0.99
Nate Thurmond	0.421	1.097732875	0.46	0.99
Fat Lever	0.447	1.026508939	0.46	0.98
Doc Rivers	0.444	1.03264641	0.46	0.98
Kyle Lowry	0.425	1.076258169	0.46	0.98
Bob Cousy	0.375	1.211638221	0.45	0.97
Chauncey	0.415	1.092898566	0.45	0.97
Mookie Blaylock	0.409	1.072550705	0.44	0.94
Kidd	0.4	1.089348575	0.44	0.93

True shooting percentage is next. It’s a relatively simple way of taking the next step to measure efficiency, valuing points per shot more than the basic shots made divided by shots taken path. The formula is straightforward –

You still have FGA on the bottom, but we look at 1/2 points rather than FGM on the top. This means a two is still worth 1 (like your typical made field goal for FG%) while a three is worth more at 1.5. And then you have the addition of the free throw accounting since points obviously include free throws as well as the twos and threes. Making every free throw will give you a number slightly above 1 for that portion of the equation, while struggling from the line is going to decrease your true shooting to some degree. Again, this is just a way to judge how many points a player is creating per shot and not just how many of their shots they’re making. So the question is do we adjust for era? There’s certainly reason to try. Points, field goal attempts, and free throw attempts have all fluctuated in volume across the league’s history. Whether all of that number play is feasible is a different question…and I’ve given up. It’s probably not that complicated to rearrange the formula a little bit and plug in the multipliers, but it’s beyond me right now. We’ll just rank everyone by their standard career TS%. It’s going to hurt some of the early era guys, but I don’t know how to fix that gap.

Player	TS%	GOAT POINTS
Gobert	0.671	1.5
Tyson Chandler	0.626	1.40
Steph	0.624	1.39
KAT	0.624	1.39
Artis Gilmore	0.623	1.39
Jokic	0.622	1.39
Adrian Dantley	0.617	1.38
KD	0.616	1.38
Reggie	0.614	1.37
Chuck	0.612	1.37
Magic	0.61	1.36
Harden	0.61	1.36
Stockton	0.608	1.36
Bobby Jones	0.607	1.36
Nash	0.605	1.35
McHale	0.605	1.35
Giannis	0.604	1.35
Dwight	0.602	1.35
Kawhi	0.6	1.34
Yao	0.596	1.33
Mullin	0.594	1.33
Kareem	0.592	1.32
Sidney Moncrief	0.591	1.32
LeBron	0.588	1.31
Buck Williams	0.587	1.31
Shaq	0.586	1.31
Larry Nance	0.586	1.31
Detlef Schrempf	0.586	1.31
Mark Price	0.586	1.31
AD	0.585	1.31
Kevin Johnson	0.585	1.31
Otis Thorpe	0.584	1.31
Chris Paul	0.583	1.30
David Robinson	0.583	1.30
Dame	0.583	1.30
Alonzo Mourning	0.583	1.30
Jeff Hornacek	0.582	1.30
Manu	0.582	1.30
Ray Allen	0.58	1.30
Chauncey	0.58	1.30
Jimmy	0.578	1.29
Karl Malone	0.577	1.29
Dirk	0.577	1.29
Kyrie	0.577	1.29
Terry Porter	0.576	1.29
Dikembe	0.573	1.28
Klay	0.573	1.28
Mo Cheeks	0.572	1.28
K Love	0.572	1.28
Robert Parish	0.571	1.28
Bosh	0.571	1.28
AK47	0.571	1.28
MJ	0.569	1.27
Moses	0.569	1.27
Kyle Lowry	0.569	1.27
Paul Pierce	0.568	1.27
Horford	0.568	1.27
David Thompson	0.568	1.27
Paul George	0.566	1.27
Pau	0.565	1.26
Oscar	0.564	1.26
Larry	0.564	1.26
George Gervin	0.564	1.26
Dan Issel	0.559	1.25
Bob Lanier	0.559	1.25
Millsap	0.559	1.25
Blake	0.559	1.25
James Worthy	0.559	1.25
Dr J	0.558	1.25
AC Green	0.557	1.25
Marc Gasol	0.557	1.25
Marques Johnson	0.556	1.24
Tree Rollins	0.555	1.24
Walt Bellamy	0.554	1.24
D Wade	0.554	1.24
Zelmo Beaty	0.554	1.24
Eddie Jones	0.554	1.24
Jason Terry	0.554	1.24
Hakeem	0.553	1.24
Ewing	0.553	1.24
Iggy	0.553	1.24
Bill Laimbeer	0.552	1.23
Sam Perkins	0.552	1.23
Tim Duncan	0.551	1.23
Grant Hill	0.551	1.23
Bob McAdoo	0.551	1.23
Bill Walton	0.551	1.23
Kobe	0.55	1.23
Jerry West	0.55	1.23
Alex English	0.55	1.23
Elton Brand	0.548	1.23
Wilt	0.547	1.22
Clyde Drexler	0.547	1.22
KG	0.546	1.22
Tony Parker	0.546	1.22
Dennis Rodman	0.546	1.22
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.544	1.22
Bailey Howell	0.544	1.22
Jerry Lucas	0.544	1.22
Melo	0.543	1.21
Vlade Divac	0.543	1.21
Tiny Archibald	0.543	1.21
Shawn Marion	0.542	1.21
Walt Frazier	0.542	1.21
Horace Grant	0.54	1.21
Chet Walker	0.54	1.21
Jack Sikma	0.54	1.21
Wes Unseld	0.537	1.20
Vince	0.536	1.20
Pippen	0.536	1.20
Dominique	0.536	1.20
Sheed Wallace	0.536	1.20
Doc Rivers	0.534	1.19
Dray	0.534	1.19
Andre Miller	0.532	1.19
Tim Hardaway	0.53	1.18
Joe Johnson	0.53	1.18
Gary Payton	0.528	1.18
D Rose	0.528	1.18
Russ	0.527	1.18
Alvin Robertson	0.527	1.18
Rick Barry	0.525	1.17
Willis Reed	0.523	1.17
Ed Macauley	0.522	1.17
T-Mac	0.519	1.16
Terrell Brandon	0.519	1.16
AI	0.518	1.16
Earl Monroe	0.517	1.16
IT	0.516	1.15
Rod Strickland	0.516	1.15
CWebb	0.513	1.15
Clifford Robinson	0.512	1.14
Bob Pettit	0.511	1.14
Lenny Wilkens	0.511	1.14
Billy Cunningham	0.509	1.14
Nate McMillan	0.508	1.14
Kidd	0.507	1.13
Paul Arizin	0.506	1.13
Hal Greer	0.506	1.13
Sam Jones	0.503	1.12
Dave Bing	0.502	1.12
Rajon Rondo	0.501	1.12
Pistol Pete	0.5	1.12
Bill Sharman	0.497	1.11
Fat Lever	0.496	1.11
Dave Cowens	0.496	1.11
Mark Eaton	0.496	1.11
Elgin Baylor	0.494	1.10
John Havlicek	0.492	1.10
Elvin Hayes	0.491	1.10
Dolph Schayes	0.488	1.09
Mookie Blaylock	0.488	1.09
George Mikan	0.483	1.08
Dave DeBusschere	0.472	1.06
Bill Russell	0.471	1.05
Nate Thurmond	0.47	1.05
Bob Cousy	0.446	1.00

Perimeter shooting is up next, and this is another thing we need to adjust for era. Because docking someone who was physically unable to shoot a three to zero points here makes little sense. So instead, we’re going to compare everybody’s three-point production to the averages during their time in the league. For percentages, this is pretty easy – we just take the average of the league’s mean 3P% in each season across a player’s career and then divide their personal 3P% by that average. For our purposes, 0 divided by 0 would be marked as 1 here, noting that players who couldn’t shoot threes were league average shooters. The good shooters would be above 1, while those who shot below the league average would end up below 1. One or two players who saw the three ball introduced late into their careers may get hit here, but such is the cost of falling short of adjusting to the new rules. It gets a little harder for three point attempts and makes per game since the available average stats that exist are per team per game rather than per player per game. One feasible option is to try the same thing described above – taking the mean of those team averages and dividing a player’s career 3PA and 3PM numbers by them. That’s going to create a decimal, but it’s one that should theoretically be usable as a measure of volume. What percentage of the typical team’s three-pointers is this player taking and making? The problem here is the players who played in a three-less league, since you can’t just put them at a set average of 1 here. What we will do instead is find all of decimals we can with three-point shooting players and then take the average of all of those decimals, which we would give to the non-shooters. I think it works alright. Here’s what we get –

Player	3PA	Team 3PA	3PA/Team 3PA	GOAT POINTS
Larry	1.9	4.29	0.44	0.50
Tim Hardaway	5	12.21	0.41	0.47
Reggie	4.7	11.85	0.40	0.45
Rick Barry	2	5.28	0.38	0.43
Mookie Blaylock	4.3	12.02	0.36	0.41
Mark Price	3.4	9.78	0.35	0.40
Ray Allen	5.7	16.41	0.35	0.39
Steph	8.8	25.72	0.34	0.39
Harden	7.6	25.72	0.30	0.34
Dame	8.1	27.99	0.29	0.33
Clyde Drexler	2.4	8.41	0.29	0.32
Eddie Jones	4.3	15.18	0.28	0.32
Chauncey	4.5	16.38	0.27	0.31
Klay	7.1	27.12	0.26	0.30
IT	1.4	5.38	0.26	0.30
Kidd	4.1	16.06	0.26	0.29
Dominique	2.1	8.33	0.25	0.29
Terry Porter	2.6	10.35	0.25	0.29
Paul George	6.6	26.36	0.25	0.28
Magic	1.2	4.94	0.24	0.28
Paul Pierce	4.3	17.86	0.24	0.27
Kobe	4.1	17.09	0.24	0.27
AI	3.7	15.53	0.24	0.27
Jason Terry	4.3	18.69	0.23	0.26
Mullin	2.2	10.08	0.22	0.25
Pippen	2.5	11.62	0.22	0.24
T-Mac	3.4	15.80	0.22	0.24
Kyle Lowry	5.2	24.22	0.21	0.24
Kyrie	5.7	27.12	0.21	0.24
Vince	4	19.75	0.20	0.23
Chuck	1.9	9.41	0.20	0.23
Gary Payton	2.7	13.41	0.20	0.23
KD	4.9	24.71	0.20	0.23
LeBron	4.5	22.85	0.20	0.22
George Gervin	0.6	3.07	0.20	0.22
Nash	3.2	16.41	0.20	0.22
Manu	3.8	19.56	0.19	0.22
Clifford Robinson	2.5	13.03	0.19	0.22
K Love	4.8	25.18	0.19	0.22
Joe Johnson	4.2	22.08	0.19	0.22
Sam Perkins	1.8	9.66	0.19	0.21
Jeff Hornacek	1.9	10.30	0.18	0.21
Sheed Wallace	2.9	16.10	0.18	0.20
Dirk	3.4	19.06	0.18	0.20
MJ	1.7	9.55	0.18	0.20
Doc Rivers	1.3	7.43	0.17	0.20
Jack Sikma	0.7	4.02	0.17	0.20
Melo	3.9	22.85	0.17	0.19
Chris Paul	3.6	23.74	0.15	0.17
Kawhi	3.9	26.31	0.15	0.17
Stockton	1.5	10.19	0.15	0.17
Russ	3.7	25.18	0.15	0.17
KAT	4.1	30.86	0.13	0.15
Alvin Robertson	1	7.85	0.13	0.14
Tiny Archibald	0.3	2.36	0.13	0.14
Billy Cunningham	0.5	4.00	0.13	0.14
Sidney Moncrief	0.5	4.02	0.12	0.14
Fat Lever	0.7	5.63	0.12	0.14
Shawn Marion	2.1	17.19	0.12	0.14
Wilt		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Oscar		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.14
Dr J	0.4	3.37	0.12	0.13
Bill Laimbeer	0.6	5.14	0.12	0.13
Iggy	2.7	23.29	0.12	0.13
Terrell Brandon	1.5	12.96	0.12	0.13
David Thompson	0.3	2.62	0.11	0.13
Nate McMillan	1.1	9.78	0.11	0.13
Detlef Schrempf	1.1	10.08	0.11	0.12
Walt Frazier	0.3	2.80	0.11	0.12
Pistol Pete	0.3	2.80	0.11	0.12
D Rose	2.6	25.18	0.10	0.12
Jokic	2.9	30.86	0.09	0.11
Dray	2.6	27.99	0.09	0.11
Jimmy	2.5	27.12	0.09	0.10
James Worthy	0.5	5.63	0.09	0.10
D Wade	1.8	20.64	0.09	0.10
AK47	1.5	17.69	0.08	0.10
Blake	2.2	26.36	0.08	0.09
Giannis	2.4	28.88	0.08	0.09
CWebb	1.1	14.83	0.07	0.08
Horford	1.8	24.71	0.07	0.08
Marques Johnson	0.2	2.86	0.07	0.08
Kevin Johnson	0.7	10.73	0.07	0.07
Tony Parker	1.3	19.98	0.07	0.07
Millsap	1.5	24.22	0.06	0.07
Rajon Rondo	1.4	24.22	0.06	0.07
AD	1.6	27.99	0.06	0.06
Bosh	1	18.64	0.05	0.06
Marc Gasol	1.3	24.41	0.05	0.06
Rod Strickland	0.6	12.25	0.05	0.06
Grant Hill	0.7	16.06	0.04	0.05
Mo Cheeks	0.2	4.63	0.04	0.05
Elvin Hayes	0.1	2.36	0.04	0.05
McHale	0.2	4.77	0.04	0.05
Andre Miller	0.7	17.59	0.04	0.05
AC Green	0.4	10.08	0.04	0.05
Dave Cowens	0.1	2.55	0.04	0.04
Dennis Rodman	0.4	10.30	0.04	0.04
Bob McAdoo	0.1	2.60	0.04	0.04
Vlade Divac	0.4	12.61	0.03	0.04
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.7	24.22	0.03	0.03
Dan Issel	0.1	3.49	0.03	0.03
Adrian Dantley	0.1	4.02	0.02	0.03
Alex English	0.1	4.02	0.02	0.03
KG	0.4	17.04	0.02	0.03
Pau	0.4	19.98	0.02	0.02
Larry Nance	0.1	5.38	0.02	0.02
Karl Malone	0.2	10.82	0.02	0.02
Moses	0.1	5.63	0.02	0.02
Otis Thorpe	0.1	9.66	0.01	0.01
Hakeem	0.1	9.94	0.01	0.01
Ewing	0.1	10.35	0.01	0.01
Horace Grant	0.1	11.62	0.01	0.01
David Robinson	0.1	12.21	0.01	0.01
Alonzo Mourning	0.1	14.46	0.01	0.01
Tim Duncan	0.1	17.11	0.01	0.01
Dwight	0.1	23.29	0.00	0.00
Kareem	0	3.45	0.00	0.00
Artis Gilmore	0	3.49	0.00	0.00
Shaq	0	15.03	0.00	0.00
Robert Parish	0	6.82	0.00	0.00
Buck Williams	0	7.69	0.00	0.00
Bob Lanier	0	2.36	0.00	0.00
Dikembe	0	14.28	0.00	0.00
Elton Brand	0	17.59	0.00	0.00
Wes Unseld	0	2.40	0.00	0.00
Zelmo Beaty	0	4.85	0.00	0.00
Tyson Chandler	0	20.73	0.00	0.00
Bobby Jones	0	2.87	0.00	0.00
Yao	0	16.73	0.00	0.00
Bill Walton	0	2.86	0.00	0.00
Mark Eaton	0	5.25	0.00	0.00
Tree Rollins	0	5.63	0.00	0.00
Gobert	0	28.88	0.00	0.00
Earl Monroe	0	2.80	0.00	0.00

If we do the same for 3PM, we get this –

Player	3P	Team 3P	3P/Team 3P	GOAT POINTS
Larry	0.7	1.30	0.54	0.50
Reggie	1.8	4.11	0.44	0.41
Tim Hardaway	1.8	4.25	0.42	0.39
Mark Price	1.4	3.35	0.42	0.39
Steph	3.8	9.18	0.41	0.38
Ray Allen	2.3	5.82	0.40	0.37
Rick Barry	0.6	1.56	0.38	0.36
Mookie Blaylock	1.4	4.18	0.33	0.31
Klay	3	9.68	0.31	0.29
Chauncey	1.8	5.81	0.31	0.29
Harden	2.8	9.18	0.30	0.28
Dame	3	10.01	0.30	0.28
Eddie Jones	1.6	5.39	0.30	0.28
Clyde Drexler	0.8	2.84	0.28	0.26
Terry Porter	1	3.55	0.28	0.26
Paul George	2.5	9.42	0.27	0.25
Magic	0.4	1.56	0.26	0.24
Paul Pierce	1.6	6.34	0.25	0.23
Pistol Pete	0.2	0.80	0.25	0.23
Dominique	0.7	2.80	0.25	0.23
Kidd	1.4	5.71	0.25	0.23
Jason Terry	1.6	6.65	0.24	0.22
Nash	1.4	5.82	0.24	0.22
IT	0.4	1.68	0.24	0.22
Mullin	0.8	3.45	0.23	0.21
Kobe	1.4	6.06	0.23	0.21
Kyrie	2.2	9.68	0.23	0.21
Jeff Hornacek	0.8	3.54	0.23	0.21
Kyle Lowry	1.9	8.67	0.22	0.20
AI	1.2	5.50	0.22	0.20
KD	1.9	8.84	0.21	0.20
T-Mac	1.2	5.59	0.21	0.20
Vince	1.5	7.02	0.21	0.20
Sam Perkins	0.7	3.30	0.21	0.20
Manu	1.4	6.98	0.20	0.19
K Love	1.8	9.00	0.20	0.19
Pippen	0.8	4.02	0.20	0.18
Clifford Robinson	0.9	4.56	0.20	0.18
LeBron	1.6	8.17	0.20	0.18
Dirk	1.3	6.78	0.19	0.18
Joe Johnson	1.5	7.88	0.19	0.18
Sheed Wallace	1	5.72	0.17	0.16
Stockton	0.6	3.49	0.17	0.16
Melo	1.4	8.17	0.17	0.16
Gary Payton	0.8	4.70	0.17	0.16
Jack Sikma	0.2	1.20	0.17	0.15
Tiny Archibald	0.1	0.60	0.17	0.15
Doc Rivers	0.4	2.48	0.16	0.15
Kawhi	1.5	9.41	0.16	0.15
Chuck	0.5	3.21	0.16	0.14
MJ	0.5	3.27	0.15	0.14
Chris Paul	1.3	8.49	0.15	0.14
David Thompson	0.1	0.68	0.15	0.14
KAT	1.6	11.06	0.14	0.13
Bill Laimbeer	0.2	1.60	0.13	0.12
Wilt		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Oscar		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	0.12	0.11
Russ	1.1	9.00	0.12	0.11
Nate McMillan	0.4	3.35	0.12	0.11
George Gervin	0.1	0.85	0.12	0.11
Detlef Schrempf	0.4	3.45	0.12	0.11
Shawn Marion	0.7	6.11	0.11	0.11
Alvin Robertson	0.3	2.63	0.11	0.11
Fat Lever	0.2	1.78	0.11	0.10
Terrell Brandon	0.5	4.54	0.11	0.10
Iggy	0.9	8.33	0.11	0.10
Dr J	0.1	0.95	0.11	0.10
Jokic	1	11.06	0.09	0.08
D Rose	0.8	9.00	0.09	0.08
Billy Cunningham	0.1	1.15	0.09	0.08
Sidney Moncrief	0.1	1.20	0.08	0.08
Jimmy	0.8	9.68	0.08	0.08
Dray	0.8	10.01	0.08	0.07
AK47	0.5	6.29	0.08	0.07
Blake	0.7	9.42	0.07	0.07
Mo Cheeks	0.1	1.42	0.07	0.07
Horford	0.6	8.84	0.07	0.06
D Wade	0.5	7.37	0.07	0.06
Giannis	0.7	10.32	0.07	0.06
Millsap	0.5	8.67	0.06	0.05
Rajon Rondo	0.5	8.67	0.06	0.05
Marc Gasol	0.5	8.74	0.06	0.05
CWebb	0.3	5.25	0.06	0.05
James Worthy	0.1	1.78	0.06	0.05
Tony Parker	0.4	7.12	0.06	0.05
Kevin Johnson	0.2	3.70	0.05	0.05
AD	0.5	10.01	0.05	0.05
Rod Strickland	0.2	4.26	0.05	0.04
Bosh	0.3	6.64	0.05	0.04
Grant Hill	0.2	5.71	0.04	0.03
AC Green	0.1	3.45	0.03	0.03
Dennis Rodman	0.1	3.54	0.03	0.03
Karl Malone	0.1	3.72	0.03	0.02
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.2	8.67	0.02	0.02
Vlade Divac	0.1	4.39	0.02	0.02
KG	0.1	6.05	0.02	0.02
Andre Miller	0.1	6.25	0.02	0.01
Pau	0.1	7.12	0.01	0.01
Walt Frazier	0	0.80	0.00	0.00
Wes Unseld	0	0.65	0.00	0.00
Earl Monroe	0	0.80	0.00	0.00
Kareem	0	0.99	0.00	0.00
Tim Duncan	0	6.06	0.00	0.00
Artis Gilmore	0	0.99	0.00	0.00
Shaq	0	5.33	0.00	0.00
Moses	0	1.72	0.00	0.00
David Robinson	0	4.25	0.00	0.00
Hakeem	0	3.41	0.00	0.00
Dan Issel	0	0.98	0.00	0.00
Robert Parish	0	2.26	0.00	0.00
Dwight	0	8.33	0.00	0.00
Adrian Dantley	0	1.20	0.00	0.00
Ewing	0	3.55	0.00	0.00
Elvin Hayes	0	0.60	0.00	0.00
Horace Grant	0	4.02	0.00	0.00
Buck Williams	0	2.57	0.00	0.00
Bob Lanier	0	0.60	0.00	0.00
Dikembe	0	5.04	0.00	0.00
Elton Brand	0	6.25	0.00	0.00
McHale	0	1.47	0.00	0.00
Larry Nance	0	1.68	0.00	0.00
Zelmo Beaty	0	1.43	0.00	0.00
Otis Thorpe	0	3.30	0.00	0.00
Tyson Chandler	0	7.39	0.00	0.00
Alex English	0	1.20	0.00	0.00
Bobby Jones	0	0.78	0.00	0.00
Marques Johnson	0	0.78	0.00	0.00
Yao	0	5.98	0.00	0.00
Dave Cowens	0	0.65	0.00	0.00
Bob McAdoo	0	0.69	0.00	0.00
Bill Walton	0	0.78	0.00	0.00
Mark Eaton	0	1.64	0.00	0.00
Tree Rollins	0	1.79	0.00	0.00
Gobert	0	10.32	0.00	0.00
Alonzo Mourning	0	5.11	0.00	0.00

And we can close perimeter shooting with 3P%. One problem here is that we have two outliers – Pete Maravich at 66.7% on 15 total threes taken and Wes Unseld at 50% on a grand total of six attempted threes. Obviously we can’t just leave those numbers as they stand, or everyone’s relative GOAT points – based in most cases on far more threes – would suffer. There are two options. The first is to give Maravich and Unseld the full GOAT points, and then to also give Larry Bird (#3) the full points and use his numbers to determine how everyone else stacks up. The other is to pick a number (say 1 like league average) and just put Maravich and Unseld there since they took so many threes. I’m going with the latter. To give Maravich and Unseld as much credit as the game’s very best shooters is a little ridiculous. So I’ll put them both at 1.05 (a completely arbitrary number based on the fact that they did at least make some threes) and call it a day.

Player	3P%	League Average 3P%		GOAT POINTS
Larry	0.376	0.29	1.30	1.00
Nash	0.428	0.35	1.21	0.93
Steph	0.428	0.36	1.20	0.92
Mark Price	0.402	0.34	1.20	0.92
Jeff Hornacek	0.403	0.34	1.20	0.92
Klay	0.417	0.36	1.17	0.90
Reggie	0.395	0.34	1.15	0.89
Stockton	0.384	0.33	1.15	0.89
Terry Porter	0.386	0.34	1.15	0.88
Detlef Schrempf	0.384	0.33	1.15	0.88
Mullin	0.384	0.33	1.15	0.88
Jack Sikma	0.328	0.29	1.15	0.88
Ray Allen	0.4	0.35	1.13	0.87
KAT	0.397	0.36	1.11	0.85
Kyrie	0.393	0.36	1.10	0.85
Bill Laimbeer	0.326	0.30	1.10	0.85
Sam Perkins	0.362	0.33	1.09	0.84
Chauncey	0.387	0.35	1.09	0.84
Dr J	0.298	0.28	1.08	0.83
Kawhi	0.384	0.36	1.08	0.83
KD	0.384	0.36	1.07	0.83
Dirk	0.38	0.36	1.07	0.82
Paul George	0.382	0.36	1.07	0.82
Jason Terry	0.38	0.36	1.07	0.82
Eddie Jones	0.373	0.35	1.05	0.81
Pistol Pete	0.667	0.28	1.05	0.81
Wes Unseld	0.5	0.26	1.05	0.81
Vince	0.371	0.36	1.04	0.80
K Love	0.373	0.36	1.04	0.80
Dame	0.373	0.36	1.04	0.80
Joe Johnson	0.371	0.36	1.04	0.80
Magic	0.303	0.29	1.04	0.80
Paul Pierce	0.368	0.35	1.04	0.80
Manu	0.369	0.36	1.04	0.80
Pau	0.368	0.36	1.03	0.79
Doc Rivers	0.328	0.32	1.03	0.79
Chris Paul	0.369	0.36	1.03	0.79
Tim Hardaway	0.355	0.35	1.03	0.79
Kyle Lowry	0.368	0.36	1.03	0.79
Clifford Robinson	0.356	0.35	1.03	0.79
Nate McMillan	0.343	0.34	1.02	0.79
Fat Lever	0.31	0.30	1.02	0.79
Terrell Brandon	0.355	0.35	1.02	0.78
Rick Barry	0.297	0.29	1.01	0.78
Harden	0.361	0.36	1.01	0.78
Marc Gasol	0.36	0.36	1.01	0.77
Horford	0.36	0.36	1.01	0.77
Dominique	0.319	0.32	1.00	0.77
Wilt		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Oscar		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	1.00	0.77
George Gervin	0.271	0.27	0.99	0.76
Melo	0.355	0.36	0.99	0.76
Sidney Moncrief	0.284	0.29	0.99	0.76
MJ	0.327	0.33	0.99	0.76
Clyde Drexler	0.318	0.32	0.99	0.76
Kidd	0.349	0.36	0.98	0.76
David Thompson	0.255	0.26	0.97	0.75
Mookie Blaylock	0.336	0.34	0.97	0.75
LeBron	0.346	0.36	0.97	0.75
IT	0.29	0.30	0.97	0.74
Jokic	0.345	0.36	0.96	0.74
T-Mac	0.338	0.35	0.96	0.74
Millsap	0.341	0.36	0.95	0.73
Pippen	0.326	0.34	0.95	0.73
Sheed Wallace	0.336	0.36	0.95	0.73
Bosh	0.335	0.36	0.94	0.72
Shawn Marion	0.331	0.36	0.93	0.72
Kobe	0.329	0.35	0.93	0.71
Iggy	0.33	0.36	0.92	0.71
Billy Cunningham	0.263	0.29	0.92	0.71
Blake	0.327	0.36	0.92	0.70
Alvin Robertson	0.295	0.32	0.91	0.70
Gary Payton	0.317	0.35	0.91	0.70
Tony Parker	0.324	0.36	0.91	0.70
Rajon Rondo	0.324	0.36	0.91	0.70
Jimmy	0.321	0.36	0.90	0.69
Kevin Johnson	0.305	0.34	0.90	0.69
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.32	0.36	0.89	0.69
McHale	0.261	0.29	0.89	0.68
Grant Hill	0.314	0.36	0.88	0.68
AI	0.313	0.35	0.88	0.68
D Rose	0.316	0.36	0.88	0.68
Dray	0.315	0.36	0.88	0.68
Tiny Archibald	0.224	0.26	0.88	0.68
Mo Cheeks	0.255	0.29	0.87	0.67
AK47	0.31	0.36	0.87	0.67
Russ	0.305	0.36	0.85	0.66
AD	0.303	0.36	0.85	0.65
CWebb	0.299	0.35	0.85	0.65
D Wade	0.293	0.36	0.82	0.63
Rod Strickland	0.282	0.34	0.82	0.63
Karl Malone	0.274	0.34	0.81	0.63
Chuck	0.266	0.33	0.81	0.62
Giannis	0.288	0.36	0.81	0.62
James Worthy	0.241	0.30	0.79	0.61
KG	0.275	0.36	0.77	0.60
AC Green	0.254	0.33	0.76	0.58
Alex English	0.217	0.29	0.76	0.58
Dan Issel	0.204	0.28	0.74	0.57
David Robinson	0.25	0.35	0.72	0.56
Alonzo Mourning	0.247	0.35	0.70	0.54
Dennis Rodman	0.231	0.34	0.69	0.53
Vlade Divac	0.235	0.35	0.68	0.52
Andre Miller	0.217	0.36	0.61	0.47
Hakeem	0.202	0.33	0.61	0.47
Bob Lanier	0.154	0.26	0.60	0.46
Adrian Dantley	0.171	0.29	0.60	0.46
Dwight	0.214	0.36	0.60	0.46
Elvin Hayes	0.147	0.26	0.58	0.44
Marques Johnson	0.152	0.27	0.57	0.44
Yao	0.2	0.36	0.56	0.43
Artis Gilmore	0.15	0.28	0.54	0.41
Buck Williams	0.167	0.31	0.53	0.41
Zelmo Beaty	0.154	0.29	0.53	0.41
Tim Duncan	0.179	0.35	0.51	0.39
Larry Nance	0.145	0.30	0.48	0.37
Ewing	0.152	0.34	0.45	0.35
Moses	0.096	0.30	0.32	0.25
Bob McAdoo	0.081	0.26	0.31	0.24
Dave Cowens	0.071	0.26	0.27	0.21
Elton Brand	0.095	0.36	0.27	0.21
Kareem	0.056	0.28	0.20	0.16
Horace Grant	0.063	0.34	0.18	0.14
Otis Thorpe	0.047	0.33	0.14	0.11
Shaq	0.045	0.35	0.13	0.10
Robert Parish	0	0.31	0.00	0.00
Walt Frazier	0	0.28	0.00	0.00
Dikembe	0	0.35	0.00	0.00
Tyson Chandler	0	0.36	0.00	0.00
Bobby Jones	0	0.27	0.00	0.00
Bill Walton	0	0.27	0.00	0.00
Mark Eaton	0	0.30	0.00	0.00
Tree Rollins	0	0.30	0.00	0.00
Gobert	0	0.36	0.00	0.00
Earl Monroe	0	0.28	0.00	0.00

Last up in the scoring category is a look at free throws. We’ll split volume and efficiency into equal value. Efficiency is simple for free throws – it’s free throw percentage and nothing else. Theoretically there are free throws that happen at more important points of the game that might end up having a greater impact on the final score, but there’s really no reason to go any deeper on free throw efficiency than simple makes and misses. And that’s where we stopped on threes too, where you could break things down into shot difficulty (largely based on defender placement), shot type (off-the-dribble, catch-and-shoot, etc.), shot distance, and more. Free throws are just free throws. For volume, we’ll use two metrics. The first is pretty simple – free throws per game. The second is free throws per field goal attempt. That will give us a little more nuance given that players that shoot a lot are naturally more likely to shoot more free throws. By taking field goal attempts into account, we get at least a slightly better look at how good players really are at turning potential free throw opportunities into actual trips to the line, rather than taking a look at the full game where Player A might have twice the realistic free throw opportunities than Player B.

We’ll start with free throws per game, which will be good for 0.3 GOAT points for the leader. I’m going to adjust for era here since a player shooting 5 free throws in a game with a total of 20 is clearly very different than a player shooting 5 free throws in a game with a total of 40 (these are all very made up numbers). We’ll do what we did to adjust for points, taking the top season average, dividing all the other season averages by that number to create a bunch of multipliers, and then multiplying a players’ career average in free throws per game by the mean multiplier across the seasons of their career.

Player	FTA	Multiplier	EA FTA	GOAT POINTS
Harden	8.7	1.672660389	14.55	0.30
Shaq	9.3	1.503555303	13.98	0.29
AI	8.9	1.522236843	13.55	0.28
Karl Malone	8.9	1.435345611	12.77	0.26
Wilt	11.4	1.116582122	12.73	0.26
LeBron	7.8	1.621427855	12.65	0.26
KD	7.6	1.65555633	12.58	0.26
Giannis	7.4	1.687133352	12.48	0.26
Dwight	7.6	1.623582479	12.34	0.25
David Robinson	8.3	1.465938968	12.17	0.25
AD	7	1.690942539	11.84	0.24
Adrian Dantley	8.7	1.330318287	11.57	0.24
Kobe	7.4	1.562394672	11.56	0.24
MJ	8.2	1.401020715	11.49	0.24
Russ	6.9	1.66394231	11.48	0.24
D Wade	7.1	1899-12	11.38	0.23
Chuck	8.1	1.392160914	11.28	0.23
Moses	8.2	1.34868613	11.06	0.23
Jimmy	6.4	1.691967965	10.83	0.22
Bob Pettit	10.3	1.048273297	10.80	0.22
Jerry West	9.4	1.147870809	10.79	0.22
Dame	6.2	1.690942539	10.48	0.22
Alonzo Mourning	7	1.492750377	10.45	0.22
Blake	6.2	1.681776646	10.43	0.21
Oscar	8.8	1.147870809	10.10	0.21
Paul Pierce	6.4	1.575568123	10.08	0.21
George Mikan	8.9	1.131417492	10.07	0.21
Melo	6.2	1.621427855	10.05	0.21
Bosh	6.3	1.581722087	9.96	0.21
David Thompson	7.3	1.348612715	9.84	0.20
Tim Duncan	6.1	1.564950497	9.55	0.20
Dominique	6.9	1.376685872	9.50	0.20
Elgin Baylor	8.7	1.083815153	9.43	0.19
Yao	6.1	1.529461529	9.33	0.19
Paul Arizin	8.7	1.068483747	9.30	0.19
Walt Bellamy	7.8	1.183283459	9.23	0.19
Pistol Pete	6.6	1.382647679	9.13	0.19
Kevin Johnson	6.4	1.419391495	9.08	0.19
Dan Issel	6.8	1.334253069	9.07	0.19
Tiny Archibald	6.6	1.366701166	9.02	0.19
KAT	5.3	1.697356322	9.00	0.19
Artis Gilmore	6.6	1.334026913	8.80	0.18
Ewing	6.2	1.418779403	8.80	0.18
Hakeem	6.2	1.412331719	8.76	0.18
Dr J	6.5	1.335144145	8.68	0.18
Magic	6.5	1.332377844	8.66	0.18
George Gervin	6.4	1.350154721	8.64	0.18
Billy Cunningham	7.1	1.215521291	8.63	0.18
Gobert	5.1	1.687133352	8.60	0.18
Dirk	5.4	1.588513331	8.58	0.18
Dolph Schayes	7.9	1.076236607	8.50	0.18
K Love	5.1	1.66394231	8.49	0.17
T-Mac	5.5	1.537958411	8.46	0.17
Bob McAdoo	6.1	1.378696135	8.41	0.17
Ed Macauley	7.7	1.085616944	8.36	0.17
Grant Hill	5.4	1.535393531	8.29	0.17
Pau	5.1	1.601238735	8.17	0.17
Elvin Hayes	6.1	1.335287534	8.15	0.17
Rick Barry	6.3	1.28825555	8.12	0.17
Dave Bing	6.3	1.284713529	8.09	0.17
Kareem	6	1.336940617	8.02	0.17
Paul George	4.7	1.681776646	7.90	0.16
Lenny Wilkens	6.5	1.17266884	7.62	0.16
Kawhi	4.5	1.686278917	7.59	0.16
Clyde Drexler	5.5	1.371053787	7.54	0.16
Chris Paul	4.6	1.632767745	7.51	0.15
Chauncey	4.8	1.553969574	7.46	0.15
Kyrie	4.4	1.691967965	7.44	0.15
Reggie	5.1	1.456624192	7.43	0.15
Chet Walker	6.2	1.194894108	7.41	0.15
Elton Brand	4.7	1899-12	7.41	0.15
Sidney Moncrief	5.6	1.322512866	7.41	0.15
Jokic	4.3	1.697356322	7.30	0.15
AK47	4.6	1.578896487	7.26	0.15
IT	5.4	1.340321159	7.24	0.15
Steph	4.3	1.672660389	7.19	0.15
Bailey Howell	6.6	1899-12	7.09	0.15
CWebb	4.7	1.50008897	7.05	0.15
Bob Lanier	5.1	1899-12	6.97	0.14
LaMarcus Aldridge	4.2	1899-12	6.90	0.14
Detlef Schrempf	4.9	1.406875384	6.89	0.14
Marc Gasol	4.1	1.657410299	6.80	0.14
Kyle Lowry	4.1	1.643798619	6.74	0.14
Walt Frazier	5.1	1.314585079	6.70	0.14
Larry	5	1.331123948	6.66	0.14
Bob Cousy	6.2	1.070753058	6.64	0.14
KG	4.2	1.55707862	6.54	0.13
Nate Thurmond	5.3	1.233802453	6.54	0.13
Rod Strickland	4.4	1.464887309	6.45	0.13
Earl Monroe	4.9	1.314585079	6.44	0.13
Zelmo Beaty	5.5	1.168688588	6.43	0.13
Millsap	3.9	1.643798619	6.41	0.13
John Havlicek	5.2	1.230542391	6.40	0.13
D Rose	3.8	1.66394231	6.32	0.13
Otis Thorpe	4.5	1.400748661	6.30	0.13
Buck Williams	4.6	1.368136737	6.29	0.13
McHale	4.7	1.331506535	6.26	0.13
Manu	3.9	1.597190305	6.23	0.13
Marques Johnson	4.7	1.320947101	6.21	0.13
Vince	3.9	1.59167221	6.21	0.13
Dikembe	4.1	1.492726125	6.12	0.13
Jack Sikma	4.6	1899-12	6.10	0.13
Bill Russell	5.8	1.052002775	6.10	0.13
Willis Reed	5.1	1.185264406	6.04	0.12
Andre Miller	3.8	1.576075857	5.99	0.12
Mullin	4.2	1.406875384	5.91	0.12
Ray Allen	3.8	1.551739819	5.90	0.12
Tony Parker	3.6	1899-12	5.76	0.12
Alex English	4.3	1.330318287	5.72	0.12
Hal Greer	5.1	1.112483075	5.67	0.12
Larry Nance	4.2	1.340321159	5.63	0.12
Tim Hardaway	3.8	1.465938968	5.57	0.11
Stockton	3.9	1.420612793	5.54	0.11
Pippen	3.8	1.455988382	5.53	0.11
Vlade Divac	3.7	1.473326446	5.45	0.11
Clifford Robinson	3.7	1.472051658	5.45	0.11
Eddie Jones	3.6	1.50439178	5.42	0.11
Bill Sharman	5	1.071769086	5.36	0.11
Iggy	3.3	1.623582479	5.36	0.11
Tyson Chandler	3.2	1.604226626	5.13	0.11
Gary Payton	3.4	1.479592365	5.03	0.10
Dave DeBusschere	4.3	1.167815178	5.02	0.10
Doc Rivers	3.6	1.353515311	4.87	0.10
Bill Walton	3.6	1.348905814	4.86	0.10
Jerry Lucas	4.1	1.176993616	4.83	0.10
Robert Parish	3.5	1.361410859	4.76	0.10
Bobby Jones	3.5	1.352513195	4.73	0.10
Dave Cowens	3.4	1.37998488	4.69	0.10
AC Green	3.3	1.406875384	4.64	0.10
Sam Perkins	3.3	1.400748661	4.62	0.10
Mark Price	3.3	1.392458085	4.60	0.09
James Worthy	3.4	1.340417852	4.56	0.09
Terry Porter	3.2	1899-12	4.54	0.09
Sheed Wallace	2.9	1.542177387	4.47	0.09
Joe Johnson	2.7	1.618383099	4.37	0.09
Jeff Hornacek	3.1	1.407701938	4.36	0.09
Nash	2.8	1.551739819	4.34	0.09
Sam Jones	4.1	1.053174641	4.32	0.09
Kidd	2.8	1.535393531	4.30	0.09
Alvin Robertson	3.1	1.35884473	4.21	0.09
Fat Lever	3.1	1.340417852	4.16	0.09
Terrell Brandon	2.8	1.476077629	4.13	0.09
Wes Unseld	3	1899-12	4.01	0.08
Shawn Marion	2.5	1.572283589	3.93	0.08
Horace Grant	2.6	1899-12	3.79	0.08
Klay	2.2	1.691967965	3.72	0.08
Jason Terry	2.3	1.590330272	3.66	0.08
Bill Laimbeer	2.7	1.339245327	3.62	0.07
Mo Cheeks	2.7	1.336042646	3.61	0.07
Dray	2.1	1.690942539	3.55	0.07
Horford	2.1	1.65555633	3.48	0.07
Rajon Rondo	1.9	1.643798619	3.12	0.06
Dennis Rodman	2	1.407701938	2.82	0.06
Mookie Blaylock	1.9	1.457959494	2.77	0.06
Mark Eaton	1.9	1.3313786	2.53	0.05
Nate McMillan	1.5	1.392458085	2.09	0.04
Tree Rollins	1.3	1.346798055	1.75	0.04

We can do the same thing with free throws per field goal attempt, which will be worth 0.2 GOAT points for the leader.

Player	FT/FGA	Multiplier	EA FT/FGA	GOAT POINTS
Dwight	0.787	1.547851508	1.22	0.20
Gobert	0.732	1.405902984	1.03	0.17
David Robinson	0.577	1.647801637	0.95	0.16
Moses	0.572	1.652485647	0.95	0.15
Shaq	0.578	1.631663873	0.94	0.15
Adrian Dantley	0.552	1.647801637	0.91	0.15
Dikembe	0.617	1899-12	0.89	0.15
Tyson Chandler	0.623	1.432416349	0.89	0.15
AK47	0.554	1.592871212	0.88	0.14
Artis Gilmore	0.544	1.552702907	0.84	0.14
Buck Williams	0.513	1.6391443	0.84	0.14
Wilt	0.505	1.647801637	0.83	0.14
Alonzo Mourning	0.604	1.357116661	0.82	0.13
Karl Malone	0.503	1.603679267	0.81	0.13
Ed Macauley	0.574	1.356395888	0.78	0.13
Jerry West	0.462	1.674182296	0.77	0.13
Sidney Moncrief	0.527	1.438888083	0.76	0.12
Chuck	0.554	1.362733446	0.75	0.12
Detlef Schrempf	0.508	1899-12	0.74	0.12
Walt Bellamy	0.527	1.366804069	0.72	0.12
Bob Pettit	0.481	1.497155091	0.72	0.12
Harden	0.524	1.342974158	0.70	0.12
Giannis	0.502	1.399037475	0.70	0.12
Paul Pierce	0.441	1.57792042	0.70	0.11
Otis Thorpe	0.446	1.552702907	0.69	0.11
Jimmy	0.513	1.345081559	0.69	0.11
Kevin Johnson	0.512	1.342132491	0.69	0.11
AC Green	0.462	1.451231348	0.67	0.11
Magic	0.489	1.364820809	0.67	0.11
Lenny Wilkens	0.487	1.365930412	0.67	0.11
Dolph Schayes	0.512	1.280091304	0.66	0.11
Oscar	0.468	1.399520176	0.65	0.11
Bailey Howell	0.458	1.411764146	0.65	0.11
Tiny Archibald	0.456	1.411409926	0.64	0.11
Tim Duncan	0.416	1899-12	0.63	0.10
Yao	0.463	1.360461869	0.63	0.10
George Mikan	0.447	1.40187042	0.63	0.10
Paul Arizin	0.463	1.352349613	0.63	0.10
K Love	0.386	1.618499446	0.62	0.10
Bosh	0.444	1.39582675	0.62	0.10
Blake	0.412	1.500726901	0.62	0.10
Chet Walker	0.436	1.405338411	0.61	0.10
Bill Russell	0.434	1.407154497	0.61	0.10
Chauncey	0.441	1.377210883	0.61	0.10
Stockton	0.424	1.430709499	0.61	0.10
Grant Hill	0.419	1.434693114	0.60	0.10
Bobby Jones	0.409	1.460310209	0.60	0.10
D Wade	0.424	1.399491567	0.59	0.10
Zelmo Beaty	0.421	1.408457774	0.59	0.10
MJ	0.358	1.652485647	0.59	0.10
Andre Miller	0.38	1.547851508	0.59	0.10
David Thompson	0.433	1.352349613	0.59	0.10
Doc Rivers	0.417	1.401364756	0.58	0.10
Billy Cunningham	0.405	1.440396942	0.58	0.10
Reggie	0.402	1.44441922	0.58	0.10
Pau	0.401	1.434034362	0.58	0.09
Rod Strickland	0.399	1.440396942	0.57	0.09
AI	0.41	1.40158379	0.57	0.09
Dominique	0.345	1.654722614	0.57	0.09
AD	0.404	1.412446457	0.57	0.09
T-Mac	0.338	1.674182296	0.57	0.09
Millsap	0.376	1.503502657	0.57	0.09
KD	0.407	1.386596164	0.56	0.09
Kyle Lowry	0.371	1.513591557	0.56	0.09
Ewing	0.379	1.47937148	0.56	0.09
Manu	0.398	1.407730643	0.56	0.09
Dan Issel	0.398	1.373981535	0.55	0.09
Wes Unseld	0.347	1.564086391	0.54	0.09
Mark Eaton	0.365	1.483323385	0.54	0.09
Larry Nance	0.334	1.618499446	0.54	0.09
Elvin Hayes	0.33	1.631663873	0.54	0.09
Walt Frazier	0.338	1.57792042	0.53	0.09
Iggy	0.368	1.448802907	0.53	0.09
Vlade Divac	0.397	1.340876718	0.53	0.09
Nate Thurmond	0.388	1.363545871	0.53	0.09
Kobe	0.382	1.378508963	0.53	0.09
Robert Parish	0.318	1.652485647	0.53	0.09
Marc Gasol	0.376	1.396823375	0.53	0.09
Russ	0.37	1.409033852	0.52	0.09
LeBron	0.398	1.309499513	0.52	0.09
Sam Perkins	0.358	1.451025611	0.52	0.09
McHale	0.369	1.406617384	0.52	0.09
Hakeem	0.363	1.417296584	0.51	0.08
Elton Brand	0.374	1.36737021	0.51	0.08
Dirk	0.347	1.464807201	0.51	0.08
Elgin Baylor	0.366	1.370241563	0.50	0.08
Jack Sikma	0.366	1.358661388	0.50	0.08
Dave Bing	0.36	1.35283776	0.49	0.08
Dennis Rodman	0.345	1.411277701	0.49	0.08
Dr J	0.345	1.407533425	0.49	0.08
Kareem	0.329	1.470872204	0.48	0.08
Bob Cousy	0.35	1.375115606	0.48	0.08
Terry Porter	0.35	1.372239781	0.48	0.08
Clyde Drexler	0.337	1.413650124	0.48	0.08
Bob McAdoo	0.354	1.334320758	0.47	0.08
Mo Cheeks	0.313	1.507817333	0.47	0.08
Bill Walton	0.343	1.371182766	0.47	0.08
IT	0.334	1.37927523	0.46	0.08
Chris Paul	0.337	1.350079594	0.45	0.07
Bob Lanier	0.322	1.412187889	0.45	0.07
Kawhi	0.324	1899-12	0.45	0.07
Dame	0.335	1.349900186	0.45	0.07
Nate McMillan	0.286	1.57792042	0.45	0.07
Pippen	0.283	1.593625749	0.45	0.07
Willis Reed	0.323	1.390838331	0.45	0.07
KAT	0.327	1.370241563	0.45	0.07
Eddie Jones	0.301	1899-12	0.44	0.07
Bill Sharman	0.318	1.395737889	0.44	0.07
Dave DeBusschere	0.282	1.541434021	0.43	0.07
KG	0.293	1.478073923	0.43	0.07
Clifford Robinson	0.306	1.41527879	0.43	0.07
Paul George	0.296	1.448802907	0.43	0.07
Melo	0.343	1.241393318	0.43	0.07
Jokic	0.306	1.366684511	0.42	0.07
Pistol Pete	0.31	1.346090133	0.42	0.07
Tree Rollins	0.307	1.356395888	0.42	0.07
Larry	0.258	1.603679267	0.41	0.07
Rick Barry	0.301	1.364820809	0.41	0.07
Jerry Lucas	0.294	1899-12	0.41	0.07
Dray	0.292	1.369461638	0.40	0.07
Marques Johnson	0.295	1.349900186	0.40	0.07
Vince	0.285	1.378273667	0.39	0.06
Tony Parker	0.286	1.37289624	0.39	0.06
Earl Monroe	0.303	1.292055682	0.39	0.06
George Gervin	0.331	1.172744496	0.39	0.06
Steph	0.242	1.603679267	0.39	0.06
Mark Price	0.283	1.370241563	0.39	0.06
CWebb	0.26	1.484124555	0.39	0.06
Alex English	0.244	1899-12	0.39	0.06
Jeff Hornacek	0.284	1.346491063	0.38	0.06
Gary Payton	0.24	1.592871212	0.38	0.06
John Havlicek	0.275	1.363545871	0.37	0.06
Kidd	0.254	1.475059884	0.37	0.06
Horace Grant	0.285	1899-12	0.37	0.06
Bill Laimbeer	0.26	1.434693114	0.37	0.06
Alvin Robertson	0.265	1.403461659	0.37	0.06
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.27	1.373997293	0.37	0.06
D Rose	0.242	1899-12	0.37	0.06
Mullin	0.315	1.158266723	0.36	0.06
Hal Greer	0.304	1.189469946	0.36	0.06
Terrell Brandon	0.234	1.521124445	0.36	0.06
Ray Allen	0.26	1899-12	0.35	0.06
Nash	0.262	1.340168618	0.35	0.06
Tim Hardaway	0.25	1.370829206	0.34	0.06
Fat Lever	0.243	1.405338411	0.34	0.06
Kyrie	0.241	1.370829206	0.33	0.05
Sam Jones	0.26	1.220793037	0.32	0.05
Sheed Wallace	0.234	1.35203727	0.32	0.05
Rajon Rondo	0.214	1.349440781	0.29	0.05
Joe Johnson	0.196	1.467638266	0.29	0.05
Jason Terry	0.21	1.366616917	0.29	0.05
Dave Cowens	0.207	1.358322726	0.28	0.05
James Worthy	0.241	1.120543611	0.27	0.04
Horford	0.191	1.36737021	0.26	0.04
Mookie Blaylock	0.15	1.654722614	0.25	0.04
Shawn Marion	0.191	1.128482575	0.22	0.04
Klay	0.138	1.479130009	0.20	0.03

We’ll finish the scoring category with free throw percentage. I’m not going to adjust for era here. There’s limited variation across eras – the league’s FT% has been between 70 and 78 percent every year since 1949. Even if more recent years tend to be a little higher up in that range, there’s really not that much variability there. And while there is likely something to be said for time spent on the practice court increasing over time – and having an indirect effect on things like free throws – the simple fact is that free throws are free throws. And the ability to practice your ability to put the ball in the hoop on an uninterrupted shot from the line hasn’t changed over time. So we’ll go pure percentages here. There are 0.5 GOAT points on the table to match those for volume.

Player	FT%	GOAT POINTS
Steph	0.908	0.50
Nash	0.904	0.50
Mark Price	0.904	0.50
Ray Allen	0.894	0.49
Chauncey	0.894	0.49
Rick Barry	0.893	0.49
Dame	0.893	0.49
Reggie	0.888	0.49
Larry	0.886	0.49
KD	0.884	0.49
Bill Sharman	0.883	0.49
Kyrie	0.882	0.49
Dirk	0.879	0.48
Jeff Hornacek	0.877	0.48
Terrell Brandon	0.873	0.48
Chris Paul	0.871	0.48
Mullin	0.865	0.48
Harden	0.86	0.47
Kawhi	0.858	0.47
Dolph Schayes	0.849	0.47
Jack Sikma	0.849	0.47
Klay	0.849	0.47
Magic	0.848	0.47
Paul George	0.848	0.47
Jason Terry	0.845	0.47
George Gervin	0.841	0.46
Jimmy	0.841	0.46
Kevin Johnson	0.841	0.46
Oscar	0.838	0.46
Kobe	0.837	0.46
Bill Laimbeer	0.837	0.46
Terry Porter	0.836	0.46
MJ	0.835	0.46
KAT	0.833	0.46
Yao	0.833	0.46
Alex English	0.832	0.46
Sidney Moncrief	0.831	0.46
Jokic	0.83	0.46
D Rose	0.83	0.46
K Love	0.829	0.46
Manu	0.827	0.46
Stockton	0.826	0.45
Pistol Pete	0.82	0.45
Adrian Dantley	0.818	0.45
John Havlicek	0.815	0.45
Jerry West	0.814	0.45
Melo	0.814	0.45
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.813	0.45
Kyle Lowry	0.813	0.45
Dominique	0.811	0.45
Sam Perkins	0.811	0.45
Shawn Marion	0.81	0.45
Paul Arizin	0.81	0.45
Tiny Archibald	0.81	0.45
Eddie Jones	0.809	0.45
Andre Miller	0.807	0.44
Earl Monroe	0.807	0.44
Paul Pierce	0.806	0.44
Detlef Schrempf	0.803	0.44
Bob Cousy	0.803	0.44
Sam Jones	0.803	0.44
Joe Johnson	0.802	0.44
Hal Greer	0.801	0.44
Bosh	0.799	0.44
Vince	0.798	0.44
McHale	0.798	0.44
Chet Walker	0.796	0.44
AD	0.794	0.44
Dan Issel	0.793	0.44
Mo Cheeks	0.793	0.44
KG	0.789	0.43
Clyde Drexler	0.788	0.43
Walt Frazier	0.786	0.43
Kidd	0.785	0.43
Doc Rivers	0.784	0.43
Russ	0.783	0.43
Jerry Lucas	0.783	0.43
Dave Cowens	0.783	0.43
George Mikan	0.782	0.43
Tim Hardaway	0.782	0.43
David Thompson	0.781	0.43
Elgin Baylor	0.78	0.43
AI	0.78	0.43
Dr J	0.777	0.43
Marc Gasol	0.776	0.43
Dave Bing	0.775	0.43
Lenny Wilkens	0.774	0.43
Zelmo Beaty	0.771	0.42
Fat Lever	0.771	0.42
Grant Hill	0.769	0.42
James Worthy	0.769	0.42
Bob Lanier	0.767	0.42
Bobby Jones	0.766	0.42
D Wade	0.765	0.42
Bailey Howell	0.762	0.42
Bob Pettit	0.761	0.42
Ed Macauley	0.761	0.42
Moses	0.76	0.42
Horford	0.759	0.42
IT	0.759	0.42
Larry Nance	0.755	0.42
AK47	0.754	0.42
Bob McAdoo	0.754	0.42
Pau	0.753	0.41
Tony Parker	0.751	0.41
Willis Reed	0.747	0.41
T-Mac	0.746	0.41
Alvin Robertson	0.743	0.41
Karl Malone	0.742	0.41
Ewing	0.74	0.41
Marques Johnson	0.739	0.41
David Robinson	0.736	0.41
Elton Brand	0.736	0.41
Millsap	0.736	0.41
Mookie Blaylock	0.736	0.41
Chuck	0.735	0.40
LeBron	0.734	0.40
AC Green	0.734	0.40
Billy Cunningham	0.73	0.40
Gary Payton	0.729	0.40
Kareem	0.721	0.40
Robert Parish	0.721	0.40
Sheed Wallace	0.721	0.40
Rod Strickland	0.721	0.40
Giannis	0.718	0.40
Hakeem	0.712	0.39
Dray	0.712	0.39
Iggy	0.709	0.39
Pippen	0.704	0.39
Tree Rollins	0.7	0.39
Dave DeBusschere	0.699	0.38
Artis Gilmore	0.698	0.38
Tim Duncan	0.696	0.38
Blake	0.696	0.38
Horace Grant	0.692	0.38
Vlade Divac	0.692	0.38
Alonzo Mourning	0.692	0.38
Clifford Robinson	0.689	0.38
Otis Thorpe	0.687	0.38
Dikembe	0.684	0.38
Elvin Hayes	0.67	0.37
Nate Thurmond	0.667	0.37
Buck Williams	0.664	0.37
Bill Walton	0.66	0.36
Nate McMillan	0.65	0.36
CWebb	0.649	0.36
Mark Eaton	0.649	0.36
Tyson Chandler	0.644	0.35
Gobert	0.638	0.35
Wes Unseld	0.633	0.35
Walt Bellamy	0.632	0.35
Rajon Rondo	0.611	0.34
Dennis Rodman	0.584	0.32
Dwight	0.567	0.31
Bill Russell	0.561	0.31
Shaq	0.527	0.29
Wilt	0.511	0.28

With that, we can rank our 157 players in GOAT points after scoring –

Player	GOAT POINTS
MJ	8.29
KD	8.28
Steph	8.24
Larry	8.11
Harden	8.09
LeBron	8.05
Kobe	7.87
AI	7.81
Dame	7.77
George Mikan	7.70
Rick Barry	7.64
Wilt	7.63
Dominique	7.62
Reggie	7.55
Kyrie	7.54
KAT	7.53
George Gervin	7.50
Jerry West	7.43
Ray Allen	7.40
Bob Pettit	7.39
Karl Malone	7.39
Dirk	7.36
Chuck	7.33
Paul Arizin	7.29
Paul Pierce	7.27
AD	7.26
Melo	7.25
Oscar	7.22
Dr J	7.21
David Thompson	7.16
Paul George	7.15
Elgin Baylor	7.12
Pistol Pete	7.12
Giannis	7.12
Klay	7.12
Magic	7.09
Mullin	7.09
Kawhi	7.07
Clyde Drexler	7.07
D Wade	7.06
Adrian Dantley	7.04
Russ	7.02
T-Mac	7.00
Jokic	6.98
Mark Price	6.96
Tim Hardaway	6.96
Shaq	6.95
David Robinson	6.90
Ed Macauley	6.86
K Love	6.78
Chauncey	6.77
Bosh	6.75
Bill Sharman	6.74
Chris Paul	6.73
Blake	6.73
Nash	6.71
Walt Bellamy	6.63
Dolph Schayes	6.62
Vince	6.62
Dan Issel	6.62
CWebb	6.59
Yao	6.58
IT	6.55
Hakeem	6.54
Kevin Johnson	6.54
Kareem	6.52
Billy Cunningham	6.52
Alex English	6.51
Jeff Hornacek	6.51
Eddie Jones	6.49
Jimmy	6.48
Bailey Howell	6.47
Tiny Archibald	6.43
Alonzo Mourning	6.43
Dave Bing	6.43
Chet Walker	6.43
Pau	6.42
LaMarcus Aldridge	6.42
McHale	6.42
John Havlicek	6.42
Manu	6.41
Ewing	6.38
D Rose	6.36
Detlef Schrempf	6.32
Stockton	6.32
Pippen	6.32
Sidney Moncrief	6.30
Sam Jones	6.30
Tim Duncan	6.30
Terry Porter	6.29
Kyle Lowry	6.29
Grant Hill	6.29
Willis Reed	6.28
Gary Payton	6.27
KG	6.27
Bob McAdoo	6.27
Hal Greer	6.26
Joe Johnson	6.24
Jason Terry	6.23
Artis Gilmore	6.22
Jack Sikma	6.21
Bob Lanier	6.20
Dwight	6.20
Bob Cousy	6.19
Moses	6.15
Tony Parker	6.13
James Worthy	6.12
Marques Johnson	6.12
Sheed Wallace	6.10
Shawn Marion	6.09
Jerry Lucas	6.08
Clifford Robinson	6.07
Terrell Brandon	5.97
Lenny Wilkens	5.96
Sam Perkins	5.95
Mookie Blaylock	5.93
Marc Gasol	5.90
Millsap	5.89
Elvin Hayes	5.89
Horford	5.86
Larry Nance	5.82
Bill Laimbeer	5.79
AK47	5.76
Kidd	5.75
Alvin Robertson	5.70
Dave DeBusschere	5.68
Zelmo Beaty	5.67
Elton Brand	5.61
Fat Lever	5.60
Doc Rivers	5.56
Rod Strickland	5.55
Nate Thurmond	5.53
Walt Frazier	5.51
Bill Russell	5.49
Iggy	5.47
Gobert	5.47
Earl Monroe	5.40
Andre Miller	5.37
Buck Williams	5.36
Vlade Divac	5.34
Mo Cheeks	5.31
Otis Thorpe	5.30
Dave Cowens	5.22
Robert Parish	5.16
AC Green	5.09
Wes Unseld	5.08
Bobby Jones	4.95
Rajon Rondo	4.88
Dray	4.88
Bill Walton	4.83
Tyson Chandler	4.69
Horace Grant	4.68
Dikembe	4.64
Nate McMillan	4.56
Dennis Rodman	4.52
Tree Rollins	3.79
Mark Eaton	3.47

Some of the names in the 10-20 range – Dame, Rick Barry, Kyrie, KAT, George Mikan, etc – are, to varying degrees, somewhat surprising, and it should be noted that there are plenty of categories left that won’t necessarily go the way of efficient multi-level scorers like KAT and Dame or big-scoring early players like Mikan. Some other surprises – Shaq down near 50th, Kareem near 70th, and Tim Duncan and KG in the 90-99 range. They didn’t stack up particularly well here, but there is, again, plenty of time to catch up ahead. And all four players have a lot of strengths left on the board.

PLAYMAKING (5)

Playmaking comes in next at half the value of scoring. The main reason for this is the drop-off in available statistics. We don’t want to give a larger-than-normal point value to a single statistic here just to give playmaking 10 points. There are a number of stats that we can connect to playmaking these days, but when it comes to reliable stats that we can use across eras as a clear measure of impact, there’s really nothing beyond assist and turnover numbers – per game, per 36 minutes, and then percentages (how many of the total team assists are you responsible for while on the floor for assists and how many turnovers are you committing per 100 plays for turnovers). Assists are a good measure of direct playmaking, as they’re a relatively reliable look at how many shots a player is setting up for their teammates. There are some flaws in looking solely at assists given that everyone plays with players of different quality and those teammates are ultimately responsible for turning a pass into an assist. But those discrepancies will shrink across a full career as players rotate in and out, and we can get to the point where assists are a pretty good look at true playmaking output. Turnovers are a measure of mistakes. How often are your playmaking efforts ending up in another possession for the other team? An increase in assists is always going to correlate with an increase of turnovers because everyone makes those mistakes and will make more of them if given more opportunities. But who’s slightly better at avoiding them? Those differences matter. I would also say that playmaking tends to be a little more niche than scoring in that you’ll find a smaller percentage of great playmakers than great scorers and good playmakers than good scorers and so on. That’s another reason to lower the impact a little bit. It’s easier to be a great player that doesn’t put up great assist numbers than it is to be a great player that doesn’t really score.

Subcategories:

• Pure Volume (3.25) – Assists per game (1.5), Assists per 36 (1), Turnovers per game (0.5), Turnovers per 36 (0.25)
• Percentages (1) – Assists percentage (0.75), turnover percentage (0.25)
• Assist:Turnover Ratio (0.75)

We’ll start with assists per game, using the same era-adjustment strategy as we used for points per game.

Stockton	10.5	1.113728632	11.69	1.50
Magic	11.2	1.035619773	11.60	1.49
Chris Paul	9.5	1.177686749	11.19	1.44
Oscar	9.5	1.128062772	10.72	1.38
Kidd	8.7	1.215784268	10.58	1.36
Nash	8.5	1.222935206	10.39	1.33
Kevin Johnson	9.1	1.115936616	10.16	1.30
Russ	8.4	1.164486564	9.78	1.26
IT	9.3	1.036140763	9.64	1.24
Tim Hardaway	8.2	1.149360249	9.42	1.21
Rajon Rondo	7.9	1.171498482	9.25	1.19
Bob Cousy	7.5	1.197170456	8.98	1.15
LeBron	7.4	1.183692542	8.76	1.12
Rod Strickland	7.3	1.152227695	8.41	1.08
Andre Miller	6.5	1.21918941	7.92	1.02
Gary Payton	6.7	1.177396645	7.89	1.01
Harden	6.8	1.157725458	7.87	1.01
Tiny Archibald	7.4	1.058594989	7.83	1.01
Mookie Blaylock	6.7	1.143675975	7.66	0.98
AI	6.2	1.225121225	7.60	0.97
Jerry West	6.7	1.128062772	7.56	0.97
Lenny Wilkens	6.7	1.126528055	7.55	0.97
Steph	6.5	1.157725458	7.53	0.97
Dame	6.6	1.133422815	7.48	0.96
Kyle Lowry	6.3	1.171498482	7.38	0.95
Mark Price	6.7	1.089067573	7.30	0.94
Terrell Brandon	6.1	1.158798677	7.07	0.91
Mo Cheeks	6.7	1.03080622	6.91	0.89
Jokic	6.2	1.107610544	6.87	0.88
Tony Parker	5.6	1899-12	6.75	0.87
Nate McMillan	6.1	1.089067573	6.64	0.85
Chauncey	5.4	1.224551716	6.61	0.85
Dave Bing	6	1.101517282	6.61	0.85
Walt Frazier	6.1	1.083296918	6.61	0.85
Kyrie	5.7	1.144237191	6.52	0.84
D Wade	5.4	1899-12	6.51	0.84
Larry	6.3	1.02907201	6.48	0.83
Fat Lever	6.2	1.035514927	6.42	0.82
D Rose	5.4	1.164486564	6.29	0.81
Terry Porter	5.6	1899-12	6.24	0.80
Dray	5.4	1.133422815	6.12	0.79
Clyde Drexler	5.6	1.072277742	6.00	0.77
Doc Rivers	5.7	1.053327465	6.00	0.77
Pippen	5.2	1.139559345	5.93	0.76
MJ	5.3	1.095109969	5.80	0.74
Pistol Pete	5.4	1.07260457	5.79	0.74
Kobe	4.7	1.219383023	5.73	0.74
Rick Barry	4.9	1.144057164	5.61	0.72
Jeff Hornacek	4.9	1.108479605	5.43	0.70
T-Mac	4.4	1.228791958	5.41	0.69
John Havlicek	4.8	1.125413889	5.40	0.69
Alvin Robertson	5	1.057453354	5.29	0.68
Bill Russell	4.3	1.206206064	5.19	0.67
Giannis	4.6	1.127131433	5.18	0.67
CWebb	4.2	1.201276063	5.05	0.65
KD	4.3	1.167282261	5.02	0.64
Wilt	4.4	1.134820709	4.99	0.64
Grant Hill	4.1	1.215784268	4.98	0.64
Elgin Baylor	4.3	1.156119705	4.97	0.64
Iggy	4.2	1.180856473	4.96	0.64
Billy Cunningham	4.3	1.124034773	4.83	0.62
Blake	4.1	1.150822076	4.72	0.61
Jimmy	4.1	1.144237191	4.69	0.60
Joe Johnson	3.9	1.186396541	4.63	0.59
Manu	3.8	1.214803126	4.62	0.59
Jason Terry	3.8	1.211766183	4.60	0.59
Hal Greer	4	1.148621778	4.59	0.59
KG	3.7	1.216488132	4.50	0.58
Dr J	4.2	1.061080224	4.46	0.57
Chuck	3.9	1.095640808	4.27	0.55
Paul Pierce	3.5	1.218972009	4.27	0.55
Earl Monroe	3.9	1.083296918	4.22	0.54
Wes Unseld	3.9	1899-12	4.19	0.54
Ray Allen	3.4	1.222935206	4.16	0.53
Paul George	3.6	1.150822076	4.14	0.53
Dave Cowens	3.8	1.067408156	4.06	0.52
Karl Malone	3.6	1.126083463	4.05	0.52
Ed Macauley	3.2	1.261499755	4.04	0.52
Marc Gasol	3.4	1.171823555	3.98	0.51
Mullin	3.5	1.108542185	3.88	0.50
Pau	3.2	1.205937164	3.86	0.50
Horford	3.3	1.167282261	3.85	0.49
Dolph Schayes	3.1	1.223564794	3.79	0.49
Kareem	3.6	1.047745385	3.77	0.48
Detlef Schrempf	3.4	1.108542185	3.77	0.48
Jerry Lucas	3.3	1.13155393	3.73	0.48
Vince	3.1	1.201866519	3.73	0.48
Alex English	3.6	1.031751	3.71	0.48
Sidney Moncrief	3.6	1.025372229	3.69	0.47
Bill Sharman	3	1.229423135	3.69	0.47
Marques Johnson	3.6	1.020812077	3.67	0.47
Tim Duncan	3	1.220642416	3.66	0.47
Bob Pettit	3	1.20570677	3.62	0.46
Vlade Divac	3.1	1.160032941	3.60	0.46
Bill Walton	3.4	1.042850727	3.55	0.45
George Mikan	2.8	1.262765915	3.54	0.45
Eddie Jones	2.9	1.210090864	3.51	0.45
David Thompson	3.3	1.041359901	3.44	0.44
Reggie	3	1.144847259	3.43	0.44
KAT	3.1	1.107610544	3.43	0.44
Kawhi	2.9	1.151750341	3.34	0.43
AK47	2.7	1.225789539	3.31	0.42
Dave DeBusschere	2.9	1.133806962	3.29	0.42
Jack Sikma	3.2	1899-12	3.29	0.42
Bob Lanier	3.1	1899-12	3.28	0.42
Melo	2.7	1.183692542	3.20	0.41
James Worthy	3	1.035514927	3.11	0.40
Adrian Dantley	3	1.031751	3.10	0.40
Nate Thurmond	2.7	1.128287994	3.05	0.39
Shaq	2.5	1.200006373	3.00	0.38
Sam Jones	2.5	1.190762037	2.98	0.38
Dirk	2.4	1.20777117	2.90	0.37
David Robinson	2.5	1.149360249	2.87	0.37
Bobby Jones	2.7	1.039967576	2.81	0.36
Paul Arizin	2.3	1.218672742	2.80	0.36
K Love	2.4	1.164486564	2.79	0.36
Hakeem	2.5	1.107643789	2.77	0.36
George Gervin	2.6	1.05303495	2.74	0.35
Walt Bellamy	2.4	1.129367426	2.71	0.35
Dominique	2.5	1.080596562	2.70	0.35
Larry Nance	2.6	1.036140763	2.69	0.35
Klay	2.3	1.144237191	2.63	0.34
AD	2.3	1.133422815	2.61	0.33
Dan Issel	2.4	1.075571923	2.58	0.33
Millsap	2.2	1.171498482	2.58	0.33
Clifford Robinson	2.2	1.170664882	2.58	0.33
Elton Brand	2.1	1899-12	2.56	0.33
Horace Grant	2.2	1899-12	2.51	0.32
Bosh	2	1.224327438	2.45	0.31
Artis Gilmore	2.3	1.05862726	2.43	0.31
Otis Thorpe	2.2	1.10215735	2.42	0.31
Bob McAdoo	2.3	1.04701982	2.41	0.31
Chet Walker	2.1	1.131594274	2.38	0.30
Shawn Marion	1.9	1.221677985	2.32	0.30
Bailey Howell	2	1899-12	2.29	0.29
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.9	1899-12	2.23	0.29
Sheed Wallace	1.8	1.220887193	2.20	0.28
Ewing	1.9	1.113975776	2.12	0.27
Bill Laimbeer	2	1.035800176	2.07	0.27
Willis Reed	1.8	1.121812127	2.02	0.26
Dennis Rodman	1.8	1.108479605	2.00	0.26
Yao	1.6	1.236311669	1.98	0.25
Elvin Hayes	1.8	1.063977207	1.92	0.25
McHale	1.7	1.032564124	1.76	0.23
Zelmo Beaty	1.5	1.168758943	1.75	0.22
Sam Perkins	1.5	1.10215735	1.65	0.21
Dwight	1.3	1.180856473	1.54	0.20
Robert Parish	1.4	1.055731288	1.48	0.19
Gobert	1.3	1.127131433	1.47	0.19
Buck Williams	1.3	1.067250644	1.39	0.18
Moses	1.3	1.042963799	1.36	0.17
Alonzo Mourning	1.1	1.192744892	1.31	0.17
AC Green	1.1	1.108542185	1.22	0.16
Dikembe	1	1.18943159	1.19	0.15
Mark Eaton	1	1.03166457	1.03	0.13
Tyson Chandler	0.8	1.199196726	0.96	0.12
Tree Rollins	0.6	1.039771877	0.62	0.08

We’ll do the same process for assists per 36, which is again a look at how much a player is producing per minute rather than per game. There’s 1 goat point on the line here.

Player	AP36	Multiplier	EA AP36	GOAT POINTS
Stockton	11.9	1.113728632	13.25	1.00
Nash	9.8	1.222935206	11.98	0.90
Chris Paul	9.9	1.177686749	11.66	0.88
Magic	11	1.035619773	11.39	0.86
Rajon Rondo	9.6	1.171498482	11.25	0.85
Kevin Johnson	9.6	1.115936616	10.71	0.81
Kidd	8.7	1.215784268	10.58	0.80
Russ	8.8	1.164486564	10.25	0.77
Rod Strickland	8.5	1.152227695	9.79	0.74
Tim Hardaway	8.3	1.149360249	9.54	0.72
IT	9.2	1.036140763	9.53	0.72
Bob Cousy	7.9	1.197170456	9.46	0.71
Nate McMillan	8.6	1.089067573	9.37	0.71
Andre Miller	7.6	1.21918941	9.27	0.70
Oscar	8.1	1.128062772	9.14	0.69
Mark Price	8.1	1.089067573	8.82	0.67
Terrell Brandon	7.4	1.158798677	8.58	0.65
Kyle Lowry	7.1	1.171498482	8.32	0.63
Harden	7.1	1.157725458	8.22	0.62
Jokic	7.4	1.107610544	8.20	0.62
LeBron	6.9	1.183692542	8.17	0.62
Terry Porter	7.3	1899-12	8.13	0.61
Gary Payton	6.9	1.177396645	8.12	0.61
Tony Parker	6.6	1899-12	7.96	0.60
Tiny Archibald	7.5	1.058594989	7.94	0.60
Doc Rivers	7.5	1.053327465	7.90	0.60
Mookie Blaylock	6.9	1.143675975	7.89	0.60
Steph	6.8	1.157725458	7.87	0.59
Mo Cheeks	7.6	1.03080622	7.83	0.59
Dray	6.9	1.133422815	7.82	0.59
Lenny Wilkens	6.8	1.126528055	7.66	0.58
Dame	6.6	1.133422815	7.48	0.56
Chauncey	6.1	1.224551716	7.47	0.56
Fat Lever	7.1	1.035514927	7.35	0.55
D Rose	6.2	1.164486564	7.22	0.54
Kyrie	6.1	1.144237191	6.98	0.53
Jerry West	6.1	1.128062772	6.88	0.52
D Wade	5.7	1899-12	6.87	0.52
AI	5.4	1.225121225	6.62	0.50
Manu	5.4	1.214803126	6.56	0.50
Dave Bing	5.9	1.101517282	6.50	0.49
Walt Frazier	5.9	1.083296918	6.39	0.48
Clyde Drexler	5.9	1.072277742	6.33	0.48
Jeff Hornacek	5.6	1.108479605	6.21	0.47
Larry	6	1.02907201	6.17	0.47
Pippen	5.4	1.139559345	6.15	0.46
Alvin Robertson	5.7	1.057453354	6.03	0.45
T-Mac	4.9	1.228791958	6.02	0.45
Giannis	5.1	1.127131433	5.75	0.43
Kobe	4.7	1.219383023	5.73	0.43
Pistol Pete	5.3	1.07260457	5.68	0.43
Jason Terry	4.6	1.211766183	5.57	0.42
Iggy	4.7	1.180856473	5.55	0.42
Rick Barry	4.7	1.144057164	5.38	0.41
MJ	4.9	1.095109969	5.37	0.40
Grant Hill	4.4	1.215784268	5.35	0.40
John Havlicek	4.7	1.125413889	5.29	0.40
Blake	4.5	1.150822076	5.18	0.39
Jimmy	4.5	1.144237191	5.15	0.39
Billy Cunningham	4.4	1.124034773	4.95	0.37
CWebb	4.1	1.201276063	4.93	0.37
KD	4.2	1.167282261	4.90	0.37
Joe Johnson	4.1	1.186396541	4.86	0.37
Earl Monroe	4.4	1.083296918	4.77	0.36
KG	3.9	1.216488132	4.74	0.36
Hal Greer	4.1	1.148621778	4.71	0.36
Detlef Schrempf	4.1	1.108542185	4.55	0.34
Paul Pierce	3.7	1.218972009	4.51	0.34
Elgin Baylor	3.9	1.156119705	4.51	0.34
Bill Walton	4.3	1.042850727	4.48	0.34
Marc Gasol	3.8	1.171823555	4.45	0.34
Vince	3.7	1.201866519	4.45	0.34
Sidney Moncrief	4.3	1.025372229	4.41	0.33
Vlade Divac	3.8	1.160032941	4.41	0.33
Paul George	3.8	1.150822076	4.37	0.33
Dr J	4.1	1.061080224	4.35	0.33
Bill Russell	3.6	1.206206064	4.34	0.33
Mullin	3.9	1.108542185	4.32	0.33
Horford	3.7	1.167282261	4.32	0.33
Chuck	3.9	1.095640808	4.27	0.32
Alex English	4.1	1.031751	4.23	0.32
Bill Sharman	3.4	1.229423135	4.18	0.32
Ray Allen	3.4	1.222935206	4.16	0.31
Pau	3.4	1.205937164	4.10	0.31
Wes Unseld	3.8	1899-12	4.08	0.31
AK47	3.3	1.225789539	4.05	0.31
Ed Macauley	3.2	1.261499755	4.04	0.30
Wilt	3.5	1.134820709	3.97	0.30
Sam Jones	3.3	1.190762037	3.93	0.30
Tim Duncan	3.2	1.220642416	3.91	0.29
Marques Johnson	3.8	1.020812077	3.88	0.29
Karl Malone	3.4	1.126083463	3.83	0.29
Kawhi	3.3	1.151750341	3.80	0.29
Dolph Schayes	3.1	1.223564794	3.79	0.29
Eddie Jones	3.1	1.210090864	3.75	0.28
David Thompson	3.6	1.041359901	3.75	0.28
Dave Cowens	3.5	1.067408156	3.74	0.28
Kareem	3.5	1.047745385	3.67	0.28
Bobby Jones	3.5	1.039967576	3.64	0.27
Bob Lanier	3.4	1899-12	3.60	0.27
Reggie	3.1	1.144847259	3.55	0.27
KAT	3.2	1.107610544	3.54	0.27
Jerry Lucas	3.1	1.13155393	3.51	0.26
Jack Sikma	3.4	1899-12	3.49	0.26
James Worthy	3.3	1.035514927	3.42	0.26
George Mikan	2.7	1.262765915	3.41	0.26
Bob Pettit	2.8	1.20570677	3.38	0.25
Melo	2.8	1.183692542	3.31	0.25
Dave DeBusschere	2.9	1.133806962	3.29	0.25
Millsap	2.8	1.171498482	3.28	0.25
K Love	2.8	1.164486564	3.26	0.25
Dirk	2.6	1.20777117	3.14	0.24
Shaq	2.6	1.200006373	3.12	0.24
Adrian Dantley	3	1.031751	3.10	0.23
Clifford Robinson	2.6	1.170664882	3.04	0.23
David Robinson	2.6	1.149360249	2.99	0.23
George Gervin	2.8	1.05303495	2.95	0.22
Nate Thurmond	2.6	1.128287994	2.93	0.22
Larry Nance	2.8	1.036140763	2.90	0.22
Klay	2.5	1.144237191	2.86	0.22
Elton Brand	2.3	1899-12	2.80	0.21
Hakeem	2.5	1.107643789	2.77	0.21
Otis Thorpe	2.5	1.10215735	2.76	0.21
Horace Grant	2.4	1899-12	2.73	0.21
AD	2.4	1.133422815	2.72	0.21
Walt Bellamy	2.4	1.129367426	2.71	0.20
Dominique	2.5	1.080596562	2.70	0.20
Dan Issel	2.5	1.075571923	2.69	0.20
Paul Arizin	2.2	1.218672742	2.68	0.20
Bob McAdoo	2.5	1.04701982	2.62	0.20
Chet Walker	2.3	1.131594274	2.60	0.20
Bailey Howell	2.2	1899-12	2.52	0.19
LaMarcus Aldridge	2.1	1899-12	2.46	0.19
Bosh	2	1.224327438	2.45	0.18
Shawn Marion	2	1.221677985	2.44	0.18
Sheed Wallace	2	1.220887193	2.44	0.18
Artis Gilmore	2.3	1.05862726	2.43	0.18
Bill Laimbeer	2.3	1.035800176	2.38	0.18
Ewing	2	1.113975776	2.23	0.17
Yao	1.8	1.236311669	2.23	0.17
Dennis Rodman	2	1.108479605	2.22	0.17
Willis Reed	1.9	1.121812127	2.13	0.16
Sam Perkins	1.9	1.10215735	2.09	0.16
McHale	2	1.032564124	2.07	0.16
Zelmo Beaty	1.7	1.168758943	1.99	0.15
Elvin Hayes	1.7	1.063977207	1.81	0.14
Gobert	1.6	1.127131433	1.80	0.14
Robert Parish	1.7	1.055731288	1.79	0.14
Dwight	1.5	1.180856473	1.77	0.13
AC Green	1.4	1.108542185	1.55	0.12
Alonzo Mourning	1.3	1.192744892	1.55	0.12
Buck Williams	1.4	1.067250644	1.49	0.11
Moses	1.4	1.042963799	1.46	0.11
Dikembe	1.2	1.18943159	1.43	0.11
Tyson Chandler	1.1	1.199196726	1.32	0.10
Mark Eaton	1.2	1.03166457	1.24	0.09
Tree Rollins	1	1.039771877	1.04	0.08

Next we’ll do the same thing with turnovers per game and per 36. And this is where we run into another issue with stats not being recorded; individual turnover numbers don’t exist before 1978 for the NBA. When that happens, every player that played before that given year has to end up in the same spot since there’s no way to separate them from each other. That leads to two questions. The first – is there a cutoff where Player A played enough of their career post 1978 to count their turnover numbers despite them being incomplete? I’ll go with over half of a career. So anyone that played more than half of their seasons post 1978 will run with that number (Rick Barry and Bob Lanier and their seven of fourteen seasons played with turnover numbers will go to the average and be our example cutoffs). This only leads to very small changes for Kareem and Bob McAdoo and no one else, but we’ll do it anyway. To get the multiplier for those two, I just used the league average turnover numbers from 1978 to the end of their respective careers. The second question is where exactly that spot the others all end up in should be. Theoretically, we could say no stat no points and put them all at the very bottom, but punishing a player in that way for simply being born too early doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. The other relatively simple option (other than giving them all max points which is equally nonsensical) is to just give them the average number like we did with three-point shooting. So you take everyone that played post-1974, take the average of all of their turnover numbers, and then give that average to everyone that doesn’t have a stat. It’s not perfect, but it’s the fairest way to do it. For everyone we do have turnover numbers for, we’ll adjust for era like we’ve been doing. I touched on this above, but I’ll mention it again here. Turnovers themselves are not a great measure of playmaking ability given that the center or sharpshooter who rarely attempts to set up others is obviously going to end up with less turnovers than the guy responsible for creating most of his team’s offense. Role context is important with turnovers (so the comparison between like players is more important than the comparison between a Russ and a Tree Rollins), and the assist:turnover ratio that we will do our best to create in a bit is helpful in creating that context by matching assist volume with turnover volume. We’re looking at 0.5 goat points here, and there’s another layer there with the whole more turnovers are bad concept. So instead of just taking the top score and attributing points based on the percentage of that figure everyone else reaches, we’re going to divide everyone’s turnover number by the low score, which creates a number greater than 1. We then do 0.5 divided by that number to get the goat points.

Player	TOPG	Multiplier	EA TOPG	GOAT POINTS
Tree Rollins	0.9	1.198601075	1.08	0.50
AC Green	1.1	1.297487642	1.43	0.38
Horace Grant	1.1	1899-12	1.46	0.37
Sam Perkins	1.2	1.289518438	1.55	0.35
Bill Laimbeer	1.5	1.220055945	1.83	0.30
Mark Eaton	1.5	1.226667502	1.84	0.29
Tyson Chandler	1.4	1.440344226	2.02	0.27
Dennis Rodman	1.6	1.300328305	2.08	0.26
Sheed Wallace	1.5	1.404132516	2.11	0.26
Shawn Marion	1.5	1.425048638	2.14	0.25
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.5	1899-12	2.18	0.25
Horford	1.5	1.460499988	2.19	0.25
Eddie Jones	1.6	1.380585561	2.21	0.24
Bobby Jones	2	1.105598009	2.21	0.24
Reggie	1.7	1.334407715	2.27	0.24
Dirk	1.6	1.429530325	2.29	0.24
McHale	1.9	1.213906403	2.31	0.23
Kawhi	1.6	1.452002767	2.32	0.23
Jimmy	1.6	1.457024914	2.33	0.23
Larry Nance	1.9	1.228344905	2.33	0.23
Jeff Hornacek	1.8	1.300328305	2.34	0.23
Gobert	1.6	1.464217665	2.34	0.23
Sidney Moncrief	2	1.186650242	2.37	0.23
Doc Rivers	1.9	1.256074545	2.39	0.23
Vince	1.7	1.429755435	2.43	0.22
Jason Terry	1.7	1.430814862	2.43	0.22
Dan Issel	2.2	1.105816478	2.43	0.22
Clifford Robinson	1.8	1.35480308	2.44	0.22
Nate McMillan	1.9	1.291931972	2.45	0.22
Fat Lever	2	1.232778544	2.47	0.22
James Worthy	2	1.232778544	2.47	0.22
Millsap	1.7	1.455311454	2.47	0.22
Dikembe	1.8	1.375301198	2.48	0.22
Klay	1.7	1.457024914	2.48	0.22
Mo Cheeks	2.1	1.195454492	2.51	0.22
Robert Parish	2.1	1.201229741	2.52	0.21
Detlef Schrempf	2	1.297487642	2.59	0.21
Iggy	1.8	1.453550582	2.62	0.21
Buck Williams	2.1	1.250581871	2.63	0.21
Jack Sikma	2.3	1899-12	2.68	0.20
Terrell Brandon	2	1.341407228	2.68	0.20
Marques Johnson	2.4	1.127839705	2.71	0.20
Elton Brand	1.9	1899-12	2.71	0.20
AK47	1.9	1.433726861	2.72	0.20
Terry Porter	2.1	1899-12	2.74	0.20
Joe Johnson	1.9	1.44671586	2.75	0.20
K Love	1.9	1.459451609	2.77	0.19
Chauncey	2	1.415161551	2.83	0.19
Otis Thorpe	2.2	1.289518438	2.84	0.19
Bosh	2	1.437397276	2.87	0.19
Manu	2	1.438899842	2.88	0.19
Alex English	2.5	1.155656171	2.89	0.19
Bob McAdoo	2.6	1.117207515	2.90	0.19
Marc Gasol	2	1.455775088	2.91	0.19
AD	2	1.460261651	2.92	0.18
David Thompson	2.7	1.089576758	2.94	0.18
Ray Allen	2.1	1.410143729	2.96	0.18
Vlade Divac	2.2	1.347782972	2.97	0.18
Mullin	2.3	1.297487642	2.98	0.18
Bill Walton	2.7	1.106855068	2.99	0.18
Mookie Blaylock	2.3	1.334415768	3.07	0.18
Kareem	2.7	1.14443403	3.09	0.17
KG	2.2	1.408949129	3.10	0.17
T-Mac	2.2	1.41389542	3.11	0.17
Gary Payton	2.3	1.358501764	3.12	0.17
Wilt		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Oscar		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Elvin Hayes		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Walt Frazier		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Bob Lanier		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Wes Unseld		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Dave Cowens		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Pistol Pete		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Earl Monroe		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Tiny Archibald		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	3.15	0.17
Dominique	2.5	1.261425159	3.15	0.17
Pau	2.2	1.440669863	3.17	0.17
Dray	2.2	1.460261651	3.21	0.17
David Robinson	2.4	1.338812724	3.21	0.17
Mark Price	2.5	1.291931972	3.23	0.17
Tony Parker	2.3	1899-12	3.31	0.16
George Gervin	3	1.108442323	3.33	0.16
Adrian Dantley	2.9	1.155656171	3.35	0.16
Grant Hill	2.4	1.399082179	3.36	0.16
Tim Duncan	2.4	1.418243961	3.40	0.16
Alvin Robertson	2.7	1.26391316	3.41	0.16
Clyde Drexler	2.7	1.266383022	3.42	0.16
Andre Miller	2.4	1.426189567	3.42	0.16
Melo	2.4	1.450030376	3.48	0.16
Rod Strickland	2.6	1.339637052	3.48	0.16
MJ	2.7	1.290946005	3.49	0.15
Artis Gilmore	3.1	1.125299297	3.49	0.15
Chris Paul	2.4	1.454672219	3.49	0.15
Kyle Lowry	2.4	1.455311454	3.49	0.15
Blake	2.4	1.456818292	3.50	0.15
Alonzo Mourning	2.6	1.371023372	3.56	0.15
Stockton	2.8	1.302751018	3.65	0.15
D Rose	2.5	1.459451609	3.65	0.15
Moses	3.1	1.188659373	3.68	0.15
Paul Pierce	2.6	1.425811266	3.71	0.15
Larry	3.1	1.197933557	3.71	0.15
Pippen	2.8	1.328520947	3.72	0.15
Shaq	2.7	1.386390654	3.74	0.14
Kyrie	2.6	1.457024914	3.79	0.14
Dr J	3.4	1.117786192	3.80	0.14
CWebb	2.8	1.37521319	3.85	0.14
Yao	2.7	1.435475138	3.88	0.14
Tim Hardaway	2.9	1.338812724	3.88	0.14
Hakeem	3	1.297572011	3.89	0.14
Ewing	3	1.305546178	3.92	0.14
Dwight	2.7	1.453550582	3.92	0.14
Rajon Rondo	2.7	1.455311454	3.93	0.14
Paul George	2.7	1.456818292	3.93	0.14
KAT	2.7	1.472693857	3.98	0.14
Chuck	3.1	1.283446673	3.98	0.14
Kevin Johnson	3.1	1.306235912	4.05	0.13
Kidd	2.9	1.399082179	4.06	0.13
Karl Malone	3.1	1.314574992	4.08	0.13
Dame	2.8	1.460261651	4.09	0.13
Nash	2.9	1.410143729	4.09	0.13
Jokic	2.8	1.472693857	4.12	0.13
Kobe	3	1.413573801	4.24	0.13
Giannis	2.9	1.464217665	4.25	0.13
Steph	3.1	1.457431403	4.52	0.12
D Wade	3.2	1899-12	4.62	0.12
Magic	3.9	1.196635277	4.67	0.12
IT	3.8	1.228344905	4.67	0.12
KD	3.2	1.460499988	4.67	0.12
AI	3.6	1.403862077	5.05	0.11
LeBron	3.5	1.450030376	5.08	0.11
Harden	3.8	1.457431403	5.54	0.10
Russ	4.1	1.459451609	5.98	0.09

We can then do the same with turnovers per 36.

Player	TOP36	Multiplier	EA TOP36	GOAT POINTS
Horace Grant	1.2	1899-12	1.59	0.25
AC Green	1.4	1.297487642	1.82	0.22
Tree Rollins	1.6	1.198601075	1.92	0.21
Sam Perkins	1.6	1.289518438	2.06	0.19
Bill Laimbeer	1.7	1.220055945	2.07	0.19
Mark Eaton	1.8	1.226667502	2.21	0.18
Shawn Marion	1.6	1.425048638	2.28	0.17
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.6	1899-12	2.33	0.17
Eddie Jones	1.7	1.380585561	2.35	0.17
Sheed Wallace	1.7	1.404132516	2.39	0.17
Reggie	1.8	1.334407715	2.40	0.17
Dirk	1.7	1.429530325	2.43	0.16
Larry Nance	2	1.228344905	2.46	0.16
Dennis Rodman	1.9	1.300328305	2.47	0.16
Horford	1.7	1.460499988	2.48	0.16
Dan Issel	2.3	1.105816478	2.54	0.16
Jimmy	1.8	1.457024914	2.62	0.15
Fat Lever	2.2	1.232778544	2.71	0.15
James Worthy	2.2	1.232778544	2.71	0.15
Jeff Hornacek	2.1	1.300328305	2.73	0.15
Tyson Chandler	1.9	1.440344226	2.74	0.15
Mo Cheeks	2.3	1.195454492	2.75	0.14
Kawhi	1.9	1.452002767	2.76	0.14
Klay	1.9	1.457024914	2.77	0.14
McHale	2.3	1.213906403	2.79	0.14
Marques Johnson	2.5	1.127839705	2.82	0.14
Clifford Robinson	2.1	1.35480308	2.85	0.14
Sidney Moncrief	2.4	1.186650242	2.85	0.14
Vince	2	1.429755435	2.86	0.14
Bobby Jones	2.6	1.105598009	2.87	0.14
Bosh	2	1.437397276	2.87	0.14
Dikembe	2.1	1.375301198	2.89	0.14
Joe Johnson	2	1.44671586	2.89	0.14
Iggy	2	1.453550582	2.91	0.14
Jack Sikma	2.5	1899-12	2.92	0.14
AD	2	1.460261651	2.92	0.14
Gobert	2	1.464217665	2.93	0.14
Ray Allen	2.1	1.410143729	2.96	0.13
Elton Brand	2.1	1899-12	2.99	0.13
Buck Williams	2.4	1.250581871	3.00	0.13
Jason Terry	2.1	1.430814862	3.00	0.13
Detlef Schrempf	2.4	1.297487642	3.11	0.13
Alex English	2.7	1.155656171	3.12	0.13
Robert Parish	2.6	1.201229741	3.12	0.13
Gary Payton	2.3	1.358501764	3.12	0.13
Doc Rivers	2.5	1.256074545	3.14	0.13
Dominique	2.5	1.261425159	3.15	0.13
Millsap	2.2	1.455311454	3.20	0.12
Mookie Blaylock	2.4	1.334415768	3.20	0.12
Marc Gasol	2.2	1.455775088	3.20	0.12
K Love	2.2	1.459451609	3.21	0.12
Terrell Brandon	2.4	1.341407228	3.22	0.12
Otis Thorpe	2.5	1.289518438	3.22	0.12
KG	2.3	1.408949129	3.24	0.12
Chauncey	2.3	1.415161551	3.25	0.12
David Thompson	3	1.089576758	3.27	0.12
AK47	2.3	1.433726861	3.30	0.12
Pau	2.3	1.440669863	3.31	0.12
Kareem	2.9	1.14443403	3.32	0.12
David Robinson	2.5	1.338812724	3.35	0.12
Adrian Dantley	2.9	1.155656171	3.35	0.12
MJ	2.6	1.290946005	3.36	0.12
Nate McMillan	2.6	1.291931972	3.36	0.12
Mullin	2.6	1.297487642	3.37	0.12
T-Mac	2.4	1.41389542	3.39	0.12
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Bob Lanier		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Dave Cowens		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Earl Monroe		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Elvin Hayes		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Oscar		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Pistol Pete		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Tiny Archibald		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Walt Frazier		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Wes Unseld		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Wilt		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	3.45	0.12
Larry	2.9	1.197933557	3.47	0.11
Grant Hill	2.5	1.399082179	3.50	0.11
Vlade Divac	2.6	1.347782972	3.50	0.11
Terry Porter	2.7	1899-12	3.52	0.11
George Gervin	3.2	1.108442323	3.55	0.11
Artis Gilmore	3.2	1.125299297	3.60	0.11
Melo	2.5	1.450030376	3.63	0.11
Chris Paul	2.5	1.454672219	3.64	0.11
Clyde Drexler	2.9	1.266383022	3.67	0.11
Tim Duncan	2.6	1.418243961	3.69	0.11
CWebb	2.7	1.37521319	3.71	0.11
Blake	2.6	1.456818292	3.79	0.10
Bob McAdoo	3.4	1.117207515	3.80	0.10
Dr J	3.4	1.117786192	3.80	0.10
Pippen	2.9	1.328520947	3.85	0.10
Mark Price	3	1.291931972	3.88	0.10
Shaq	2.8	1.386390654	3.88	0.10
Tim Hardaway	2.9	1.338812724	3.88	0.10
Tony Parker	2.7	1899-12	3.89	0.10
Hakeem	3	1.297572011	3.89	0.10
Alvin Robertson	3.1	1.26391316	3.92	0.10
Moses	3.3	1.188659373	3.92	0.10
Kyle Lowry	2.7	1.455311454	3.93	0.10
Karl Malone	3	1.314574992	3.94	0.10
Chuck	3.1	1.283446673	3.98	0.10
Paul Pierce	2.8	1.425811266	3.99	0.10
Andre Miller	2.8	1.426189567	3.99	0.10
Manu	2.8	1.438899842	4.03	0.10
Ewing	3.1	1.305546178	4.05	0.10
Kidd	2.9	1.399082179	4.06	0.10
Kyrie	2.8	1.457024914	4.08	0.10
Dame	2.8	1.460261651	4.09	0.10
Dray	2.8	1.460261651	4.09	0.10
KAT	2.8	1.472693857	4.12	0.10
Rod Strickland	3.1	1.339637052	4.15	0.10
Stockton	3.2	1.302751018	4.17	0.10
Kevin Johnson	3.2	1.306235912	4.18	0.10
Bill Walton	3.8	1.106855068	4.21	0.09
Paul George	2.9	1.456818292	4.22	0.09
D Rose	2.9	1.459451609	4.23	0.09
Kobe	3	1.413573801	4.24	0.09
Alonzo Mourning	3.1	1.371023372	4.25	0.09
Yao	3	1.435475138	4.31	0.09
AI	3.1	1.403862077	4.35	0.09
Dwight	3	1.453550582	4.36	0.09
KD	3.1	1.460499988	4.53	0.09
IT	3.7	1.228344905	4.54	0.09
Magic	3.8	1.196635277	4.55	0.09
Nash	3.3	1.410143729	4.65	0.09
Giannis	3.2	1.464217665	4.69	0.08
D Wade	3.3	1899-12	4.76	0.08
LeBron	3.3	1.450030376	4.79	0.08
Rajon Rondo	3.3	1.455311454	4.80	0.08
Steph	3.3	1.457431403	4.81	0.08
Jokic	3.3	1.472693857	4.86	0.08
Harden	3.9	1.457431403	5.68	0.07
Russ	4.3	1.459451609	6.28	0.06

Assist percentage is up next. This is a pretty simple stat – you just take the number of assists a player has and divide it by the total number of baskets made by their team while they’re on the floor. So how much of the final offensive product a player is creating by assist. Since this is a purely an individual stat (there is no total team assist percentage like there are total team points or total team assists given that this would always by 100), there’s no great way to adjust for era. It doesn’t really make sense to adjust for era anyway since the proportion of a team’s made field goals that a player is responsible for via assist is always going to be dependent on the player rather than the assist. It doesn’t matter if a team is scoring less or more; it’s a percentage stat. And while we could theoretically adjust for assist numbers and say that some eras featured more isolation buckets than others, simply using assist numbers to account for that difference would probably hurt more than help with all the confounding variables at play. So we’ll just use straight assist percentage. There are 0.75 goat points up for grabs here. Now there are unfortunately six guys who played either zero or one seasons from 1965 and on, which is when we have recorded assist percentages. But since we have some reference for assist numbers from assists per game and assists per 36, I won’t just stick those six in the middle. Instead, we will take the average of their rank (1-158) in assists per game and per 36 and put them in that rank here. It’s not perfect either, but it’s a more accurate measure than just sticking them in the middle.

Player	AST%	GOAT POINTS
Stockton	50.2	0.75
Chris Paul	45.3	0.68
Russ	41.9	0.63
Nash	41.5	0.62
Magic	40.9	0.61
Rajon Rondo	40.6	0.61
Kevin Johnson	38.8	0.58
Kidd	38.5	0.58
Tim Hardaway	37.9	0.57
IT	37.4	0.56
Rod Strickland	37.3	0.56
LeBron	36.4	0.54
Mark Price	36.1	0.54
Terrell Brandon	35.5	0.53
Andre Miller	34.7	0.52
Jokic	33.9	0.51
Harden	33.4	0.50
Tony Parker	32.2	0.48
Bob Cousy	32	0.48
Gary Payton	31.9	0.48
Steph	31.4	0.47
Mookie Blaylock	30.9	0.46
Kyle Lowry	30.8	0.46
Nate McMillan	30.8	0.46
Dame	30.6	0.46
D Rose	30.5	0.46
D Wade	30.4	0.45
Kyrie	30.4	0.45
Oscar	30.3	0.45
Tiny Archibald	30.1	0.45
Mo Cheeks	29.2	0.44
Doc Rivers	29.2	0.44
Terry Porter	29	0.43
AI	28.8	0.43
Lenny Wilkens	28.3	0.42
Chauncey	28.1	0.42
Jerry West	27.1	0.40
Fat Lever	26.4	0.39
T-Mac	26.3	0.39
Dray	25.3	0.38
Clyde Drexler	25.2	0.38
MJ	24.9	0.37
Larry	24.7	0.37
Manu	24.5	0.37
Giannis	24.3	0.36
Dave Bing	24.3	0.36
Kobe	24.2	0.36
Jeff Hornacek	23.4	0.35
Pippen	23.1	0.35
Alvin Robertson	23.1	0.35
Pistol Pete	23.1	0.35
Walt Frazier	23	0.34
Jason Terry	22.1	0.33
Grant Hill	21.9	0.33
Blake	21.8	0.33
KD	20.4	0.30
CWebb	20.2	0.30
Jimmy	20.1	0.30
Joe Johnson	19.6	0.29
John Havlicek	19.5	0.29
Iggy	19.5	0.29
KG	19.3	0.29
Vince	19.3	0.29
Rick Barry	19.1	0.29
Paul Pierce	18.7	0.28
Paul George	18	0.27
Dr J	17.7	0.26
Karl Malone	17.6	0.26
Billy Cunningham	17.6	0.26
Chuck	17.5	0.26
Earl Monroe	17.5	0.26
Detlef Schrempf	17.2	0.26
Alex English	17.1	0.26
Marc Gasol	17.1	0.26
Bill Walton	17.1	0.26
Sidney Moncrief	17	0.25
Ed Macauley	16.9	0.25
Pau	16.7	0.25
Horford	16.6	0.25
Bill Sharman	16.5	0.25
Ray Allen	16.5	0.25
Mullin	16.5	0.25
Tim Duncan	16.4	0.25
Dolph Schayes	16.2	0.24
Hal Greer	16.2	0.24
Elgin Baylor	16.1	0.24
Vlade Divac	16	0.24
Marques Johnson	15.9	0.24
Wilt	15.8	0.24
KAT	15.5	0.23
Kawhi	15.4	0.23
David Thompson	15	0.22
Bill Russell	14.9	0.22
Eddie Jones	14.7	0.22
AK47	14.7	0.22
Kareem	14.6	0.22
Bob Pettit	14.4	0.22
George Mikan	14.4	0.22
Reggie	14.4	0.22
Bob Lanier	14.4	0.22
Melo	14.4	0.22
James Worthy	14	0.21
Sam Jones	14	0.21
Shaq	13.9	0.21
Jack Sikma	13.7	0.20
Dave Cowens	13.7	0.20
Wes Unseld	13.5	0.20
Bobby Jones	13.2	0.20
Adrian Dantley	13	0.19
Dirk	12.6	0.19
Millsap	12.6	0.19
K Love	12.6	0.19
David Robinson	12.4	0.19
George Gervin	12.2	0.18
Hakeem	12.1	0.18
Dominique	12.1	0.18
Clifford Robinson	12.1	0.18
Jerry Lucas	12	0.18
AD	11.9	0.18
Larry Nance	11.8	0.18
Paul Arizin	11.7	0.17
Elton Brand	11.7	0.17
Klay	11.3	0.17
Dave DeBusschere	11	0.16
Otis Thorpe	10.6	0.16
Bob McAdoo	10.5	0.16
LaMarcus Aldridge	10.2	0.15
Dan Issel	10.1	0.15
Nate Thurmond	10	0.15
Horace Grant	9.9	0.15
Bosh	9.9	0.15
Ewing	9.8	0.15
Chet Walker	9.7	0.14
Sheed Wallace	9.6	0.14
Yao	9.6	0.14
Artis Gilmore	9.4	0.14
Walt Bellamy	9.4	0.14
Shawn Marion	9.1	0.14
Bill Laimbeer	8.9	0.13
Bailey Howell	8.2	0.12
McHale	8.1	0.12
Sam Perkins	8	0.12
Dennis Rodman	7.6	0.11
Dwight	7.3	0.11
Willis Reed	7.3	0.11
Elvin Hayes	7	0.10
Robert Parish	6.9	0.10
Gobert	6.8	0.10
Zelmo Beaty	6.7	0.10
Alonzo Mourning	6.7	0.10
Moses	5.9	0.09
Buck Williams	5.5	0.08
AC Green	5.4	0.08
Dikembe	5.3	0.08
Tyson Chandler	4.7	0.07
Mark Eaton	4.3	0.06
Tree Rollins	3.8	0.06

We have turnover percentage next for 0.25 goat points. We’re going to have to do the average thing again since we clearly can’t have a turnover percentage prior to 1978 if we don’t have the turnovers recorded at all. Turnover percentage is “an estimate of turnovers committed per 100 plays”. So here we’re taking a look at an important question – when this players looks to make a play, how often are they coughing up the ball? I am going to adjust for era here since turnover rate should be a little simpler to adjust for than assist rate. There aren’t many factors to consider here beyond the simple one of how often are teams turning it over, so we just adjust by discrepancies in turnovers per game across the years.

Player	TO%	Multiplier	EA TO%	GOAT POINTS
Dan Issel	9.8	1.105816478	10.84	0.25
LaMarcus Aldridge	8	1899-12	11.64	0.23
MJ	9.3	1.290946005	12.01	0.23
Dirk	8.4	1.429530325	12.01	0.23
Dominique	9.7	1.261425159	12.24	0.22
Alex English	10.9	1.155656171	12.60	0.22
AD	8.8	1.460261651	12.85	0.21
George Gervin	11.7	1.108442323	12.97	0.21
Marques Johnson	11.5	1.127839705	12.97	0.21
Horace Grant	9.8	1899-12	13.02	0.21
Klay	9	1.457024914	13.11	0.21
Sam Perkins	10.3	1.289518438	13.28	0.20
David Thompson	12.2	1.089576758	13.29	0.20
Kawhi	9.2	1.452002767	13.36	0.20
Bill Laimbeer	11.3	1.220055945	13.79	0.20
Shawn Marion	9.7	1.425048638	13.82	0.20
Vince	9.7	1.429755435	13.87	0.20
Larry Nance	11.3	1.228344905	13.88	0.20
James Worthy	11.3	1.232778544	13.93	0.19
Jimmy	9.6	1.457024914	13.99	0.19
Reggie	10.5	1.334407715	14.01	0.19
McHale	11.7	1.213906403	14.20	0.19
Sheed Wallace	10.2	1.404132516	14.32	0.19
Adrian Dantley	12.5	1.155656171	14.45	0.19
Eddie Jones	10.5	1.380585561	14.50	0.19
T-Mac	10.3	1.41389542	14.56	0.19
AC Green	11.5	1.297487642	14.92	0.18
Dr J	13.5	1.117786192	15.09	0.18
Fat Lever	12.3	1.232778544	15.16	0.18
Larry	12.7	1.197933557	15.21	0.18
Melo	10.5	1.450030376	15.23	0.18
Kareem	13.4	1.14443403	15.34	0.18
Bosh	10.7	1.437397276	15.38	0.18
Clifford Robinson	11.6	1.35480308	15.72	0.17
Sidney Moncrief	13.3	1.186650242	15.78	0.17
David Robinson	11.9	1.338812724	15.93	0.17
Bob McAdoo	14.3	1.117207515	15.98	0.17
K Love	11	1.459451609	16.05	0.17
Ray Allen	11.4	1.410143729	16.08	0.17
Jack Sikma	13.9	1899-12	16.21	0.17
Clyde Drexler	12.8	1.266383022	16.21	0.17
Karl Malone	12.4	1.314574992	16.30	0.17
Joe Johnson	11.3	1.44671586	16.35	0.17
Horford	11.2	1.460499988	16.36	0.17
Kobe	11.6	1.413573801	16.40	0.17
Shaq	11.9	1.386390654	16.50	0.16
KG	11.8	1.408949129	16.63	0.16
CWebb	12.1	1.37521319	16.64	0.16
Jeff Hornacek	12.8	1.300328305	16.64	0.16
Robert Parish	13.9	1.201229741	16.70	0.16
Elton Brand	11.8	1899-12	16.83	0.16
Kyrie	11.6	1.457024914	16.90	0.16
Hakeem	13.1	1.297572011	17.00	0.16
Dame	11.7	1.460261651	17.09	0.16
AI	12.2	1.403862077	17.13	0.16
Blake	11.8	1.456818292	17.19	0.16
Mullin	13.3	1.297487642	17.26	0.16
Terrell Brandon	12.9	1.341407228	17.30	0.16
Moses	14.6	1.188659373	17.35	0.16
Gary Payton	12.8	1.358501764	17.39	0.16
Tim Duncan	12.3	1.418243961	17.44	0.16
Jason Terry	12.4	1.430814862	17.74	0.15
Ewing	13.6	1.305546178	17.76	0.15
Millsap	12.3	1.455311454	17.90	0.15
Pau	12.5	1.440669863	18.01	0.15
KD	12.5	1.460499988	18.26	0.15
Wilt		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Oscar		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Elvin Hayes		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Walt Frazier		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Bob Lanier		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Wes Unseld		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Dave Cowens		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Pistol Pete		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Earl Monroe		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Tiny Archibald		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	18.31	0.15
D Rose	12.7	1.459451609	18.54	0.15
KAT	12.6	1.472693857	18.56	0.15
Bobby Jones	16.8	1.105598009	18.57	0.15
Detlef Schrempf	14.4	1.297487642	18.68	0.15
Paul Pierce	13.2	1.425811266	18.82	0.14
Tree Rollins	15.8	1.198601075	18.94	0.14
Paul George	13	1.456818292	18.94	0.14
Chuck	14.8	1.283446673	19.00	0.14
LeBron	13.2	1.450030376	19.14	0.14
Grant Hill	13.7	1.399082179	19.17	0.14
Mookie Blaylock	14.4	1.334415768	19.22	0.14
Chauncey	13.6	1.415161551	19.25	0.14
Chris Paul	13.4	1.454672219	19.49	0.14
Tim Hardaway	14.6	1.338812724	19.55	0.14
Artis Gilmore	17.4	1.125299297	19.58	0.14
Marc Gasol	13.5	1.455775088	19.65	0.14
D Wade	13.7	1899-12	19.78	0.14
Doc Rivers	15.8	1.256074545	19.85	0.14
Tony Parker	13.8	1899-12	19.88	0.14
Giannis	13.7	1.464217665	20.06	0.14
Otis Thorpe	15.6	1.289518438	20.12	0.13
Steph	13.9	1.457431403	20.26	0.13
Buck Williams	16.3	1.250581871	20.38	0.13
IT	16.8	1.228344905	20.64	0.13
Mark Price	16	1.291931972	20.67	0.13
Pippen	15.6	1.328520947	20.72	0.13
Yao	14.5	1.435475138	20.81	0.13
Alonzo Mourning	15.2	1.371023372	20.84	0.13
Mo Cheeks	17.5	1.195454492	20.92	0.13
Terry Porter	16.4	1899-12	21.41	0.13
Manu	14.9	1.438899842	21.44	0.13
Alvin Robertson	17	1.26391316	21.49	0.13
Iggy	15	1.453550582	21.80	0.12
Kevin Johnson	16.7	1.306235912	21.81	0.12
Jokic	14.9	1.472693857	21.94	0.12
Gobert	15.1	1.464217665	22.11	0.12
AK47	15.5	1.433726861	22.22	0.12
Kyle Lowry	15.4	1.455311454	22.41	0.12
Vlade Divac	16.7	1.347782972	22.51	0.12
Harden	15.5	1.457431403	22.59	0.12
Rod Strickland	17	1.339637052	22.77	0.12
Bill Walton	20.6	1.106855068	22.80	0.12
Russ	15.9	1.459451609	23.21	0.12
Magic	19.4	1.196635277	23.21	0.12
Dikembe	17.5	1.375301198	24.07	0.11
Andre Miller	16.9	1.426189567	24.10	0.11
Mark Eaton	19.8	1.226667502	24.29	0.11
Dwight	17	1.453550582	24.71	0.11
Dennis Rodman	19.5	1.300328305	25.36	0.11
Tyson Chandler	17.9	1.440344226	25.78	0.11
Kidd	18.8	1.399082179	26.30	0.10
Stockton	20.8	1.302751018	27.10	0.10
Nash	19.5	1.410143729	27.50	0.10
Dray	21.3	1.460261651	31.10	0.09
Nate McMillan	24.2	1.291931972	31.26	0.09
Rajon Rondo	21.7	1.455311454	31.58	0.09

We have assist:turnover ratio next. The stat itself is obviously very simple – you just take assists and divide them by turnovers to determine how many assists a player is producing per turnover. This helps reveal both high assist players who aren’t particularly careful with the ball and low turnover players who are there just because they don’t try to do much with the ball. The players who excel in assist:turnover ratio need to be productive assist men and, to a lesser but still important degree, limit their turnovers. The question is era adjustment, and while there probably is a relatively simple way to do that by messing with the assist and turnover multipliers we already have, I will pass on that like we did with true shooting percentage. I would rather just admit the simplicity of my abilities and use straight up numbers and have to deal with failing to adjust for era-based fluctuation than try to finagle an adjustment and get it wrong. So we’ll just go with normal assist and turnover numbers to create the ratio, and there are 0.75 goat points up for grabs. All players who played in the non-turnover era will end up in the middle by default here as well.

Player	AST	TO	AST:TO	GOAT POINTS
Chris Paul	9.5	2.4	3.96	0.75
Stockton	10.5	2.8	3.75	0.71
Nate McMillan	6.1	1.9	3.21	0.61
Mo Cheeks	6.7	2.1	3.19	0.60
Fat Lever	6.2	2	3.10	0.59
Terrell Brandon	6.1	2	3.05	0.58
Doc Rivers	5.7	1.9	3.00	0.57
Kidd	8.7	2.9	3.00	0.57
Kevin Johnson	9.1	3.1	2.94	0.56
Nash	8.5	2.9	2.93	0.56
Rajon Rondo	7.9	2.7	2.93	0.55
Gary Payton	6.7	2.3	2.91	0.55
Mookie Blaylock	6.7	2.3	2.91	0.55
Magic	11.2	3.9	2.87	0.54
Tim Hardaway	8.2	2.9	2.83	0.54
Rod Strickland	7.3	2.6	2.81	0.53
Jeff Hornacek	4.9	1.8	2.72	0.52
Andre Miller	6.5	2.4	2.71	0.51
Chauncey	5.4	2	2.70	0.51
Mark Price	6.7	2.5	2.68	0.51
Terry Porter	5.6	2.1	2.67	0.51
Kyle Lowry	6.3	2.4	2.63	0.50
Jimmy	4.1	1.6	2.56	0.49
Dray	5.4	2.2	2.45	0.46
IT	9.3	3.8	2.45	0.46
Tony Parker	5.6	2.3	2.43	0.46
Dame	6.6	2.8	2.36	0.45
Iggy	4.2	1.8	2.33	0.44
Jason Terry	3.8	1.7	2.24	0.42
Jokic	6.2	2.8	2.21	0.42
Horford	3.3	1.5	2.20	0.42
Kyrie	5.7	2.6	2.19	0.42
D Rose	5.4	2.5	2.16	0.41
LeBron	7.4	3.5	2.11	0.40
Steph	6.5	3.1	2.10	0.40
Clyde Drexler	5.6	2.7	2.07	0.39
Joe Johnson	3.9	1.9	2.05	0.39
Russ	8.4	4.1	2.05	0.39
Larry	6.3	3.1	2.03	0.38
T-Mac	4.4	2.2	2.00	0.38
Horace Grant	2.2	1.1	2.00	0.38
MJ	5.3	2.7	1.96	0.37
Manu	3.8	2	1.90	0.36
Pippen	5.2	2.8	1.86	0.35
Alvin Robertson	5	2.7	1.85	0.35
Vince	3.1	1.7	1.82	0.35
Kawhi	2.9	1.6	1.81	0.34
Eddie Jones	2.9	1.6	1.81	0.34
Sidney Moncrief	3.6	2	1.80	0.34
Harden	6.8	3.8	1.79	0.34
Reggie	3	1.7	1.76	0.33
AI	6.2	3.6	1.72	0.33
Wilt	4.4		1.71	0.32
Oscar	9.5		1.71	0.32
Bill Russell	4.3		1.71	0.32
Jerry West	6.7		1.71	0.32
Bob Pettit	3		1.71	0.32
Dolph Schayes	3.1		1.71	0.32
Rick Barry	4.9		1.71	0.32
Walt Bellamy	2.4		1.71	0.32
John Havlicek	4.8		1.71	0.32
Elvin Hayes	1.8		1.71	0.32
Chet Walker	2.1		1.71	0.32
Walt Frazier	6.1		1.71	0.32
Bailey Howell	2		1.71	0.32
Bob Lanier	3.1		1.71	0.32
Wes Unseld	3.9		1.71	0.32
Paul Arizin	2.3		1.71	0.32
George Mikan	2.8		1.71	0.32
Zelmo Beaty	1.5		1.71	0.32
Elgin Baylor	4.3		1.71	0.32
Hal Greer	4		1.71	0.32
Ed Macauley	3.2		1.71	0.32
Jerry Lucas	3.3		1.71	0.32
Lenny Wilkens	6.7		1.71	0.32
Dave Cowens	3.8		1.71	0.32
Bob Cousy	7.5		1.71	0.32
Willis Reed	1.8		1.71	0.32
Nate Thurmond	2.7		1.71	0.32
Pistol Pete	5.4		1.71	0.32
Billy Cunningham	4.3		1.71	0.32
Dave DeBusschere	2.9		1.71	0.32
Sam Jones	2.5		1.71	0.32
Earl Monroe	3.9		1.71	0.32
Bill Sharman	3		1.71	0.32
Tiny Archibald	7.4		1.71	0.32
Dave Bing	6		1.71	0.32
Blake	4.1	2.4	1.71	0.32
Grant Hill	4.1	2.4	1.71	0.32
Marc Gasol	3.4	2	1.70	0.32
Detlef Schrempf	3.4	2	1.70	0.32
D Wade	5.4	3.2	1.69	0.32
KG	3.7	2.2	1.68	0.32
Ray Allen	3.4	2.1	1.62	0.31
Giannis	4.6	2.9	1.59	0.30
Kobe	4.7	3	1.57	0.30
Mullin	3.5	2.3	1.52	0.29
CWebb	4.2	2.8	1.50	0.28
James Worthy	3	2	1.50	0.28
Marques Johnson	3.6	2.4	1.50	0.28
Dirk	2.4	1.6	1.50	0.28
Pau	3.2	2.2	1.45	0.28
Alex English	3.6	2.5	1.44	0.27
AK47	2.7	1.9	1.42	0.27
Vlade Divac	3.1	2.2	1.41	0.27
Jack Sikma	3.2	2.3	1.39	0.26
Larry Nance	2.6	1.9	1.37	0.26
Klay	2.3	1.7	1.35	0.26
Bobby Jones	2.7	2	1.35	0.26
Paul Pierce	3.5	2.6	1.35	0.25
KD	4.3	3.2	1.34	0.25
Paul George	3.6	2.7	1.33	0.25
Bill Laimbeer	2	1.5	1.33	0.25
Kareem	3.6	2.7	1.33	0.25
Millsap	2.2	1.7	1.29	0.25
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.9	1.5	1.27	0.24
Shawn Marion	1.9	1.5	1.27	0.24
K Love	2.4	1.9	1.26	0.24
Bill Walton	3.4	2.7	1.26	0.24
Chuck	3.9	3.1	1.26	0.24
Tim Duncan	3	2.4	1.25	0.24
Sam Perkins	1.5	1.2	1.25	0.24
Dr J	4.2	3.4	1.24	0.23
Clifford Robinson	2.2	1.8	1.22	0.23
David Thompson	3.3	2.7	1.22	0.23
Sheed Wallace	1.8	1.5	1.20	0.23
Karl Malone	3.6	3.1	1.16	0.22
AD	2.3	2	1.15	0.22
KAT	3.1	2.7	1.15	0.22
Melo	2.7	2.4	1.13	0.21
Dennis Rodman	1.8	1.6	1.13	0.21
Elton Brand	2.1	1.9	1.11	0.21
Dan Issel	2.4	2.2	1.09	0.21
David Robinson	2.5	2.4	1.04	0.20
Adrian Dantley	3	2.9	1.03	0.20
Bosh	2	2	1.00	0.19
AC Green	1.1	1.1	1.00	0.19
Otis Thorpe	2.2	2.2	1.00	0.19
Dominique	2.5	2.5	1.00	0.19
Shaq	2.5	2.7	0.93	0.18
McHale	1.7	1.9	0.89	0.17
Bob McAdoo	2.3	2.6	0.88	0.17
George Gervin	2.6	3	0.87	0.16
Hakeem	2.5	3	0.83	0.16
Gobert	1.3	1.6	0.81	0.15
Artis Gilmore	2.3	3.1	0.74	0.14
Mark Eaton	1	1.5	0.67	0.13
Robert Parish	1.4	2.1	0.67	0.13
Tree Rollins	0.6	0.9	0.67	0.13
Ewing	1.9	3	0.63	0.12
Buck Williams	1.3	2.1	0.62	0.12
Yao	1.6	2.7	0.59	0.11
Tyson Chandler	0.8	1.4	0.57	0.11
Dikembe	1	1.8	0.56	0.11
Dwight	1.3	2.7	0.48	0.09
Alonzo Mourning	1.1	2.6	0.42	0.08
Moses	1.3	3.1	0.42	0.08

And with that, we’ve finished our second category. Here’s the leaderboard for the playmaking alone, and then we’ll do another one for our cumulative leaders after two categories.

Player	GOAT POINTS
Stockton	4.30
Chris Paul	4.15
Magic	3.82
Nash	3.73
Kidd	3.63
Kevin Johnson	3.60
Rajon Rondo	3.50
Tim Hardaway	3.41
Russ	3.31
IT	3.31
Rod Strickland	3.28
Oscar	3.28
Terrell Brandon	3.14
Andre Miller	3.12
Gary Payton	3.11
Bob Cousy	3.10
Nate McMillan	3.05
Mark Price	3.05
Mookie Blaylock	3.03
LeBron	3.02
Mo Cheeks	3.01
Kyle Lowry	2.91
Fat Lever	2.90
Doc Rivers	2.86
Dame	2.82
Tiny Archibald	2.81
Tony Parker	2.81
Chauncey	2.80
Terry Porter	2.79
Steph	2.76
Jokic	2.76
Harden	2.76
Lenny Wilkens	2.73
Jerry West	2.65
Kyrie	2.63
D Rose	2.60
AI	2.59
Dray	2.57
Jeff Hornacek	2.57
Larry	2.49
D Wade	2.46
Dave Bing	2.46
Clyde Drexler	2.45
Walt Frazier	2.43
T-Mac	2.40
MJ	2.39
Jimmy	2.35
Pippen	2.30
Pistol Pete	2.28
Jason Terry	2.27
Iggy	2.26
Manu	2.23
Alvin Robertson	2.22
Kobe	2.21
Rick Barry	2.17
John Havlicek	2.14
Joe Johnson	2.14
Grant Hill	2.11
Giannis	2.11
Blake	2.06
Horford	2.06
Billy Cunningham	2.02
CWebb	2.02
Vince	2.00
KG	2.00
Elgin Baylor	1.98
Bill Russell	1.98
Hal Greer	1.95
Sidney Moncrief	1.94
Wilt	1.94
KD	1.93
Earl Monroe	1.92
Eddie Jones	1.90
Detlef Schrempf	1.89
Ray Allen	1.89
Horace Grant	1.88
Marc Gasol	1.87
Kawhi	1.87
Reggie	1.85
Alex English	1.85
Marques Johnson	1.84
Ed Macauley	1.83
Dr J	1.82
Mullin	1.81
Paul Pierce	1.81
Wes Unseld	1.81
Bill Sharman	1.80
Pau	1.77
Dolph Schayes	1.77
Dave Cowens	1.77
Paul George	1.76
Chuck	1.75
Vlade Divac	1.72
James Worthy	1.71
Dirk	1.71
Kareem	1.70
Bob Pettit	1.70
Karl Malone	1.69
George Mikan	1.69
David Thompson	1.69
Jerry Lucas	1.68
Bill Walton	1.68
Tim Duncan	1.67
Bob Lanier	1.67
AK47	1.66
Jack Sikma	1.66
Sam Jones	1.65
Bobby Jones	1.62
Dave DeBusschere	1.59
Larry Nance	1.59
Klay	1.55
KAT	1.54
Melo	1.53
Nate Thurmond	1.52
Dan Issel	1.52
K Love	1.52
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.51
Bill Laimbeer	1.51
Clifford Robinson	1.51
Millsap	1.51
Adrian Dantley	1.49
Paul Arizin	1.49
Shawn Marion	1.48
Sam Perkins	1.47
AD	1.47
Walt Bellamy	1.45
Sheed Wallace	1.45
Dominique	1.44
David Robinson	1.43
Elton Brand	1.42
Shaq	1.41
Chet Walker	1.41
George Gervin	1.40
Bailey Howell	1.37
Bosh	1.34
AC Green	1.32
Otis Thorpe	1.32
Hakeem	1.30
Bob McAdoo	1.29
Willis Reed	1.29
Dennis Rodman	1.28
Elvin Hayes	1.25
McHale	1.24
Zelmo Beaty	1.23
Tree Rollins	1.19
Artis Gilmore	1.18
Ewing	1.09
Gobert	1.07
Robert Parish	1.06
Yao	1.04
Mark Eaton	1.00
Buck Williams	0.96
Tyson Chandler	0.92
Dikembe	0.91
Dwight	0.87
Moses	0.86
Alonzo Mourning	0.84

And the cumulative leaderboard after scoring and playmaking –

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
LeBron	11.07
Steph	11.00
Magic	10.91
Chris Paul	10.88
Harden	10.85
MJ	10.68
Stockton	10.62
Larry	10.60
Dame	10.59
Oscar	10.50
Nash	10.44
AI	10.40
Tim Hardaway	10.37
Russ	10.33
KD	10.21
Kyrie	10.17
Kevin Johnson	10.14
Jerry West	10.08
Kobe	10.08
Mark Price	10.01
IT	9.86
Rick Barry	9.81
Jokic	9.74
Chauncey	9.57
Wilt	9.57
D Wade	9.52
Clyde Drexler	9.52
Reggie	9.40
T-Mac	9.40
Pistol Pete	9.40
George Mikan	9.39
Kidd	9.38
Gary Payton	9.38
Bob Cousy	9.29
Ray Allen	9.29
Tiny Archibald	9.24
Giannis	9.23
Kyle Lowry	9.20
Terrell Brandon	9.11
Elgin Baylor	9.10
Bob Pettit	9.09
Karl Malone	9.08
Paul Pierce	9.08
Jeff Hornacek	9.08
Terry Porter	9.08
Chuck	9.08
Dirk	9.07
KAT	9.07
Dominique	9.06
Dr J	9.03
D Rose	8.96
Mookie Blaylock	8.96
Tony Parker	8.94
Kawhi	8.94
Paul George	8.91
Mullin	8.90
George Gervin	8.90
Dave Bing	8.89
David Thompson	8.85
Jimmy	8.83
Rod Strickland	8.83
Blake	8.79
Melo	8.78
Paul Arizin	8.78
AD	8.73
Ed Macauley	8.73
Lenny Wilkens	8.69
Klay	8.67
Manu	8.64
Vince	8.62
Pippen	8.62
CWebb	8.61
John Havlicek	8.56
Bill Sharman	8.54
Billy Cunningham	8.54
Adrian Dantley	8.53
Fat Lever	8.50
Jason Terry	8.50
Andre Miller	8.49
Doc Rivers	8.42
Grant Hill	8.40
Dolph Schayes	8.39
Eddie Jones	8.39
Rajon Rondo	8.38
Joe Johnson	8.38
Shaq	8.36
Alex English	8.36
David Robinson	8.33
Mo Cheeks	8.32
K Love	8.30
KG	8.27
Sidney Moncrief	8.24
Kareem	8.22
Detlef Schrempf	8.21
Hal Greer	8.21
Pau	8.19
Dan Issel	8.14
Bosh	8.09
Walt Bellamy	8.08
Tim Duncan	7.97
Marques Johnson	7.96
Sam Jones	7.95
Walt Frazier	7.94
LaMarcus Aldridge	7.93
Horford	7.92
Alvin Robertson	7.92
Jack Sikma	7.87
Bob Lanier	7.87
Hakeem	7.84
Bailey Howell	7.84
Chet Walker	7.84
James Worthy	7.83
Marc Gasol	7.77
Jerry Lucas	7.76
Iggy	7.73
McHale	7.66
Yao	7.62
Nate McMillan	7.61
Clifford Robinson	7.58
Shawn Marion	7.57
Willis Reed	7.57
Bob McAdoo	7.56
Sheed Wallace	7.55
Ewing	7.47
Bill Russell	7.47
Dray	7.45
Sam Perkins	7.42
AK47	7.42
Larry Nance	7.41
Artis Gilmore	7.40
Millsap	7.40
Earl Monroe	7.32
Bill Laimbeer	7.30
Dave DeBusschere	7.27
Alonzo Mourning	7.27
Elvin Hayes	7.14
Dwight	7.07
Vlade Divac	7.06
Nate Thurmond	7.05
Elton Brand	7.03
Moses	7.01
Dave Cowens	6.99
Zelmo Beaty	6.90
Wes Unseld	6.89
Otis Thorpe	6.62
Bobby Jones	6.57
Horace Grant	6.56
Gobert	6.54
Bill Walton	6.51
AC Green	6.41
Buck Williams	6.32
Robert Parish	6.22
Dennis Rodman	5.80
Tyson Chandler	5.61
Dikembe	5.55
Tree Rollins	4.98
Mark Eaton	4.47

There’s still plenty of time to go, but we see LeBron and Steph leading after scoring and playmaking. Magic, Paul, and Stockton take some jumps here. Guys like Tim Hardaway and Kevin Johnson are in the top 20 after a playmaking boost. Some big names in an early hole – Shaq (86th), KG (91st), Kareem (93rd), Tim Duncan (100th), Hakeem (109th), and Bill Russell (125th). There’s obviously a common theme in type of player there, and we’ll start to see them rise after our next category – rebounding.

REBOUNDING (5)

Rebounding gets 5 points as well. It’s probably pretty widely accepted that rebounding on its own is a less impactful area of the game than scoring. I tend to group it with passing or playmaking as the two big secondary pieces beyond scoring, though some might disagree with that method. Sometimes we can give rebounding less props than it deserves – likely because the correlation between height and rebounding volume makes it easier to pass it off as a relatively skill-less piece of the game. But it isn’t quite as easy as it might seem, and it’s also important regardless. Offensive rebounds to gain new possessions are massive, and securing the defensive glass on the other to both spark your next possession and limit the other team’s shots is a key piece of any game plan. The other important aspect that separates rebounds from something like a steal or a block is the volume. Rebounds don’t come on every possession, but they still come on a lot of them. As far as reasons to discredit the importance go, the same idea of a niche group of rebounders exists here too; it’s certainly far easier to be considered a good player with underwhelming rebounding numbers than it is with underwhelming scoring numbers. We also have less statistics available here than for scoring. We can look at total and offensive/defensive rebounding numbers and percentages, but there isn’t much else out there that’s widely available.

Subcategories:

• Pure Volume (3.75) – Rebounds per game (2.25), Rebounds per 36 (1.5)
• Percentages (1.25) – Rebound percentage (1.25)

I’m making the executive decision to just use total rebounds here. While there is value in distinguishing between the offensive and defensive glass and rewarding players who excel in either category, it’s going to be very rare to find a player that grabs a ton of offensive or defensive boards but doesn’t grab a lot of total rebounds – and the same goes in the opposite direction with few offensive or defensive boards grabbed. There’s obviously a little more leeway in that with offensive rebounds, which come with less frequency, but the general point that total rebounds are a fairly accurate measure of rebounding prowess still stands. This matters because offensive and defensive boards were not recorded as their own stat before 1974, which means that we’d be putting a decent amount of good and bad rebounders from the first 20+ years of league history right in the middle on the offensive and defensive glass. I don’t think it makes sense to have those guys rise and fall when we…

1) have a way to measure general rebounding prowess to begin with. This is not something like three-point shooting, which is a completely unique aspect of scoring, nor is it something like a turnover, which is obviously distinct from an assist

and 2) have very few players who have an uneven tilt towards offensive or defensive rebounds, especially considering that the total rebound numbers we’ll be using act as a balance point anyway (a player with high offensive rebounding numbers and mediocre defensive rebounding numbers will see this balance reflected in a an above-average total rebounding spot).

So rather than putting stock into messing around with those averages, we will just put more emphasis on the total rebound numbers.

And with that, we’ll get started with total rebounds per game. We’ll adjust for era as usual. One last note – rebounds weren’t recorded at all in George Mikan’s first two seasons (1949 and 1950) or the first season for Dolph Schayes and Ed Macauley (’50), so we’ll just use what we got there.

Player	REB	Multiplier	EA REB	GOAT POINTS
Wilt	22.9	1.184136408	27.12	2.25
Bill Russell	22.5	1.089721447	24.52	2.03
Dennis Rodman	13.1	1.722813547	22.57	1.87
Wes Unseld	14	1899-12	21.18	1.76
Dave Cowens	13.6	1.540629691	20.95	1.74
Moses	12.3	1.673909258	20.59	1.71
Dwight	11.8	1.719114764	20.29	1.68
Chuck	11.7	1.718426541	20.11	1.67
Nate Thurmond	15	1.331454906	19.97	1.66
Jerry Lucas	15.6	1.269883333	19.81	1.64
Artis Gilmore	12.3	1.604919158	19.74	1.64
Gobert	11.7	1.672635822	19.57	1.62
Elvin Hayes	12.5	1.544793322	19.31	1.60
Shaq	10.9	1.754810524	19.13	1.59
Hakeem	11.1	1.719873721	19.09	1.58
Tim Duncan	10.8	1.746123933	18.86	1.56
KAT	11.3	1.662135905	18.78	1.56
George Mikan	13.4	1.385525279	18.57	1.54
David Robinson	10.6	1.734401288	18.38	1.53
K Love	10.7	1.704206075	18.24	1.51
Dikembe	10.3	1.749187217	18.02	1.49
Bob Pettit	16.2	1.102513795	17.86	1.48
Kareem	11.2	1.591932543	17.83	1.48
KG	10	1.74973033	17.50	1.45
Karl Malone	10.1	1.723545612	17.41	1.44
Jokic	10.4	1.662135905	17.29	1.43
Walt Bellamy	13.7	1.261470501	17.28	1.43
CWebb	9.8	1.754563351	17.19	1.43
Bill Walton	10.5	1.637032801	17.19	1.43
AD	10.2	1.679956563	17.14	1.42
Buck Williams	10	1.709975935	17.10	1.42
Ewing	9.8	1.721651283	16.87	1.40
Larry	10	1.682744994	16.83	1.40
Willis Reed	12.9	1.285339042	16.58	1.38
Bill Laimbeer	9.7	1.689525188	16.39	1.36
Jack Sikma	9.8	1899-12	16.37	1.36
Yao	9.2	1.764676531	16.24	1.35
Pau	9.2	1.733633252	15.95	1.32
Bob Lanier	10.1	1899-12	15.90	1.32
Giannis	9.4	1.672635822	15.72	1.30
Elgin Baylor	13.5	1.155381467	15.60	1.29
Tyson Chandler	9	1.728738081	15.56	1.29
Robert Parish	9.1	1.684393242	15.33	1.27
Shawn Marion	8.7	1.747787392	15.21	1.26
Bob McAdoo	9.4	1.613459807	15.17	1.26
Alonzo Mourning	8.5	1.751486668	14.89	1.24
Bosh	8.5	1.748377136	14.86	1.23
Elton Brand	8.5	1899-12	14.82	1.23
Dolph Schayes	12.1	1.195727971	14.47	1.20
Dan Issel	9.1	1.572329725	14.31	1.19
Vlade Divac	8.2	1.7360938	14.24	1.18
Billy Cunningham	10.4	1.355770367	14.10	1.17
Otis Thorpe	8.2	1.71907273	14.10	1.17
Horace Grant	8.1	1899-12	14.00	1.16
Horford	8.2	1.707259003	14.00	1.16
Blake	8.2	1.693052842	13.88	1.15
LaMarcus Aldridge	8.1	1899-12	13.87	1.15
Zelmo Beaty	10.9	1.267838747	13.82	1.15
Dave DeBusschere	11	1.255888808	13.81	1.15
Dr J	8.5	1.599379831	13.59	1.13
Larry Nance	8	1.689515189	13.52	1.12
Mark Eaton	7.9	1.687703632	13.33	1.11
Dirk	7.5	1.733842235	13.00	1.08
LeBron	7.5	1.720303785	12.90	1.07
AC Green	7.4	1.720911328	12.73	1.06
Marc Gasol	7.4	1.708246128	12.64	1.05
Russ	7.4	1.704206075	12.61	1.05
McHale	7.3	1.688003869	12.32	1.02
Magic	7.2	1.690263365	12.17	1.01
Millsap	7.1	1.712325389	12.16	1.01
KD	7.1	1.707259003	12.12	1.01
Sheed Wallace	6.7	1.758193537	11.78	0.98
Marques Johnson	7	1.660977439	11.63	0.96
Dray	6.9	1.679956563	11.59	0.96
Dominique	6.7	1.714266215	11.49	0.95
Bailey Howell	9.9	1899-12	11.29	0.94
Kidd	6.3	1.758647926	11.08	0.92
Pippen	6.4	1.728890133	11.06	0.92
Paul George	6.4	1.693052842	10.84	0.90
Kawhi	6.4	1.688958639	10.81	0.90
Detlef Schrempf	6.2	1.720911328	10.67	0.89
Melo	6.2	1.720303785	10.67	0.88
MJ	6.2	1.718714993	10.66	0.88
Grant Hill	6	1.758647926	10.55	0.88
Clyde Drexler	6.1	1.715216689	10.46	0.87
Paul Arizin	8.6	1.210243026	10.41	0.86
Sam Perkins	6	1.71907273	10.31	0.86
Fat Lever	6	1.689503523	10.14	0.84
Bobby Jones	6.1	1.624868299	9.91	0.82
T-Mac	5.6	1.755577217	9.83	0.82
Paul Pierce	5.6	1.741838188	9.75	0.81
Tree Rollins	5.8	1.680209241	9.75	0.81
AK47	5.5	1.751564271	9.63	0.80
Rick Barry	6.7	1.436143893	9.62	0.80
Ed Macauley	7.5	1.276752893	9.58	0.79
Harden	5.6	1.698401849	9.51	0.79
Adrian Dantley	5.7	1.662725868	9.48	0.79
Oscar	7.5	1.221628998	9.16	0.76
Alex English	5.5	1.662725868	9.14	0.76
Kobe	5.2	1.748233795	9.09	0.75
Chet Walker	7.1	1.279321173	9.08	0.75
Jimmy	5.3	1.685570163	8.93	0.74
Alvin Robertson	5.2	1.704961875	8.87	0.74
Walt Frazier	5.9	1.468205153	8.66	0.72
James Worthy	5.1	1.689503523	8.62	0.71
George Gervin	5.3	1.608353642	8.52	0.71
Iggy	4.9	1.719114764	8.42	0.70
John Havlicek	6.3	1.331426704	8.39	0.70
D Wade	4.7	1899-12	8.15	0.68
Clifford Robinson	4.6	1.742139161	8.01	0.66
Sidney Moncrief	4.7	1.68281356	7.91	0.66
Steph	4.6	1.698401849	7.81	0.65
Chris Paul	4.5	1.717052303	7.73	0.64
Rajon Rondo	4.5	1.712325389	7.71	0.64
Kyle Lowry	4.4	1.712325389	7.53	0.63
Vince	4.3	1.729605088	7.44	0.62
Ray Allen	4.1	1.754951896	7.20	0.60
Mookie Blaylock	4.1	1.734156106	7.11	0.59
Jerry West	5.8	1.221628998	7.09	0.59
Dame	4.2	1.679956563	7.06	0.59
Mullin	4.1	1.720911328	7.06	0.59
Eddie Jones	4	1.757796281	7.03	0.58
Joe Johnson	4	1.721754816	6.89	0.57
Nate McMillan	4	1.720292752	6.88	0.57
Gary Payton	3.9	1.744304028	6.80	0.56
David Thompson	4.1	1.620948649	6.65	0.55
AI	3.7	1.757493639	6.50	0.54
Andre Miller	3.7	1.743687086	6.45	0.54
Pistol Pete	4.2	1.529524121	6.42	0.53
Rod Strickland	3.7	1.732456499	6.41	0.53
Kyrie	3.8	1.685570163	6.41	0.53
Bob Cousy	5.2	1.189678981	6.19	0.51
Manu	3.5	1.740362611	6.09	0.51
IT	3.6	1.689515189	6.08	0.50
Klay	3.5	1.685570163	5.90	0.49
Hal Greer	5	1.17519398	5.88	0.49
Jeff Hornacek	3.4	1.722813547	5.86	0.49
Lenny Wilkens	4.7	1.244221035	5.85	0.49
Tim Hardaway	3.3	1.734401288	5.72	0.47
Kevin Johnson	3.3	1.726841163	5.70	0.47
D Rose	3.3	1.704206075	5.62	0.47
Dave Bing	3.8	1.40964288	5.36	0.44
Sam Jones	4.9	1.082374516	5.30	0.44
Nash	3	1.754951896	5.26	0.44
Terrell Brandon	3	1.740112124	5.22	0.43
Reggie	3	1.730294937	5.19	0.43
Terry Porter	3	1899-12	5.16	0.43
Doc Rivers	3	1.705295756	5.12	0.42
Chauncey	2.9	1.752988998	5.08	0.42
Bill Sharman	3.9	1.226682232	4.78	0.40
Mo Cheeks	2.8	1.68047517	4.71	0.39
Tony Parker	2.7	1899-12	4.68	0.39
Stockton	2.7	1.720806086	4.65	0.39
Mark Price	2.6	1.720292752	4.47	0.37
Earl Monroe	3	1.468205153	4.40	0.37
Jason Terry	2.3	1.737999517	4.00	0.33
Tiny Archibald	2.3	1.573967091	3.62	0.30

We can do rebounds per 36 next using the same methods for everything. There are 1.5 goat points on the line here.

Player	RP36	Multiplier	EA RP36	GOAT POINTS
Dennis Rodman	14.9	1.722813547	25.67	1.50
Gobert	14	1.672635822	23.42	1.37
Dwight	13.3	1.719114764	22.86	1.34
Bill Walton	13.4	1.637032801	21.94	1.28
Moses	13	1.673909258	21.76	1.27
Wilt	18	1.184136408	21.31	1.25
Dikembe	12.1	1.749187217	21.17	1.24
K Love	12.4	1.704206075	21.13	1.23
Wes Unseld	13.8	1899-12	20.88	1.22
Bill Russell	19.1	1.089721447	20.81	1.22
Tyson Chandler	11.9	1.728738081	20.57	1.20
Jokic	12.3	1.662135905	20.44	1.19
Tim Duncan	11.5	1.746123933	20.08	1.17
Artis Gilmore	12.5	1.604919158	20.06	1.17
KAT	11.9	1.662135905	19.78	1.16
Chuck	11.5	1.718426541	19.76	1.15
Shaq	11.2	1.754810524	19.65	1.15
Dave Cowens	12.7	1.540629691	19.57	1.14
Robert Parish	11.6	1.684393242	19.54	1.14
Nate Thurmond	14.5	1.331454906	19.31	1.13
Hakeem	11.2	1.719873721	19.26	1.13
George Mikan	13.8	1.385525279	19.12	1.12
David Robinson	11	1.734401288	19.08	1.11
Buck Williams	11	1.709975935	18.81	1.10
Bill Laimbeer	11	1.689525188	18.58	1.09
Jerry Lucas	14.5	1.269883333	18.41	1.08
KG	10.5	1.74973033	18.37	1.07
Elvin Hayes	11.7	1.544793322	18.07	1.06
Yao	10.2	1.764676531	18.00	1.05
AD	10.7	1.679956563	17.98	1.05
Ewing	10.3	1.721651283	17.73	1.04
Jack Sikma	10.5	1899-12	17.54	1.02
Giannis	10.4	1.672635822	17.40	1.02
Kareem	10.9	1.591932543	17.35	1.01
Alonzo Mourning	9.9	1.751486668	17.34	1.01
Vlade Divac	9.9	1.7360938	17.19	1.00
Pau	9.9	1.733633252	17.16	1.00
Bob Lanier	10.9	1899-12	17.16	1.00
Tree Rollins	10.1	1.680209241	16.97	0.99
Karl Malone	9.8	1.723545612	16.89	0.99
Willis Reed	13.1	1.285339042	16.84	0.98
Mark Eaton	9.9	1.687703632	16.71	0.98
CWebb	9.5	1.754563351	16.67	0.97
Walt Bellamy	13.2	1.261470501	16.65	0.97
Bob Pettit	15.1	1.102513795	16.65	0.97
Bob McAdoo	10.2	1.613459807	16.46	0.96
Elton Brand	9.3	1899-12	16.22	0.95
Otis Thorpe	9.4	1.71907273	16.16	0.94
AC Green	9.3	1.720911328	16.00	0.94
Shawn Marion	9.1	1.747787392	15.90	0.93
Larry	9.4	1.682744994	15.82	0.92
Millsap	9.1	1.712325389	15.58	0.91
Horford	9.1	1.707259003	15.54	0.91
Blake	9	1.693052842	15.24	0.89
Horace Grant	8.8	1899-12	15.21	0.89
Dan Issel	9.6	1.572329725	15.09	0.88
Bosh	8.6	1.748377136	15.04	0.88
LaMarcus Aldridge	8.7	1899-12	14.90	0.87
Zelmo Beaty	11.7	1.267838747	14.83	0.87
Dray	8.8	1.679956563	14.78	0.86
Dolph Schayes	12.3	1.195727971	14.71	0.86
Larry Nance	8.6	1.689515189	14.53	0.85
Billy Cunningham	10.7	1.355770367	14.51	0.85
McHale	8.5	1.688003869	14.35	0.84
Marc Gasol	8.3	1.708246128	14.18	0.83
Elgin Baylor	12.2	1.155381467	14.10	0.82
Dirk	8.1	1.733842235	14.04	0.82
Dave DeBusschere	11.1	1.255888808	13.94	0.81
Dr J	8.4	1.599379831	13.43	0.79
Russ	7.7	1.704206075	13.12	0.77
Sheed Wallace	7.4	1.758193537	13.01	0.76
Bobby Jones	8	1.624868299	13.00	0.76
Detlef Schrempf	7.5	1.720911328	12.91	0.75
Sam Perkins	7.5	1.71907273	12.89	0.75
Bailey Howell	11	1899-12	12.55	0.73
Kawhi	7.4	1.688958639	12.50	0.73
Marques Johnson	7.3	1.660977439	12.13	0.71
LeBron	7	1.720303785	12.04	0.70
Magic	7.1	1.690263365	12.00	0.70
KD	6.9	1.707259003	11.78	0.69
Paul George	6.9	1.693052842	11.68	0.68
Dominique	6.8	1.714266215	11.66	0.68
AK47	6.6	1.751564271	11.56	0.68
Fat Lever	6.8	1.689503523	11.49	0.67
Pippen	6.6	1.728890133	11.41	0.67
Grant Hill	6.4	1.758647926	11.26	0.66
Melo	6.5	1.720303785	11.18	0.65
Kidd	6.3	1.758647926	11.08	0.65
Clyde Drexler	6.4	1.715216689	10.98	0.64
T-Mac	6.2	1.755577217	10.88	0.64
Alex English	6.2	1.662725868	10.31	0.60
Paul Pierce	5.9	1.741838188	10.28	0.60
MJ	5.9	1.718714993	10.14	0.59
Chet Walker	7.9	1.279321173	10.11	0.59
Alvin Robertson	5.9	1.704961875	10.06	0.59
Harden	5.8	1.698401849	9.85	0.58
Nate McMillan	5.7	1.720292752	9.81	0.57
Jimmy	5.8	1.685570163	9.78	0.57
Adrian Dantley	5.8	1.662725868	9.64	0.56
Paul Arizin	7.9	1.210243026	9.56	0.56
James Worthy	5.6	1.689503523	9.46	0.55
Iggy	5.5	1.719114764	9.46	0.55
Ed Macauley	7.4	1.276752893	9.45	0.55
Sidney Moncrief	5.6	1.68281356	9.42	0.55
Rajon Rondo	5.5	1.712325389	9.42	0.55
Rick Barry	6.5	1.436143893	9.33	0.55
Clifford Robinson	5.3	1.742139161	9.23	0.54
George Gervin	5.7	1.608353642	9.17	0.54
Kobe	5.2	1.748233795	9.09	0.53
Vince	5.1	1.729605088	8.82	0.52
Manu	5	1.740362611	8.70	0.51
D Wade	5	1899-12	8.67	0.51
Kyle Lowry	4.9	1.712325389	8.39	0.49
Steph	4.9	1.698401849	8.32	0.49
John Havlicek	6.2	1.331426704	8.25	0.48
Walt Frazier	5.6	1.468205153	8.22	0.48
Chris Paul	4.7	1.717052303	8.07	0.47
Oscar	6.4	1.221628998	7.82	0.46
Mullin	4.5	1.720911328	7.74	0.45
Rod Strickland	4.4	1.732456499	7.62	0.45
Andre Miller	4.3	1.743687086	7.50	0.44
Eddie Jones	4.2	1.757796281	7.38	0.43
David Thompson	4.5	1.620948649	7.29	0.43
Mookie Blaylock	4.2	1.734156106	7.28	0.43
Ray Allen	4.1	1.754951896	7.20	0.42
Joe Johnson	4.1	1.721754816	7.06	0.41
Gary Payton	4	1.744304028	6.98	0.41
Sam Jones	6.4	1.082374516	6.93	0.40
Dame	4.1	1.679956563	6.89	0.40
Doc Rivers	4	1.705295756	6.82	0.40
Kyrie	4	1.685570163	6.74	0.39
Jeff Hornacek	3.9	1.722813547	6.72	0.39
Terry Porter	3.9	1899-12	6.71	0.39
D Rose	3.8	1.704206075	6.48	0.38
Jerry West	5.3	1.221628998	6.47	0.38
Klay	3.8	1.685570163	6.41	0.37
Pistol Pete	4.1	1.529524121	6.27	0.37
Terrell Brandon	3.6	1.740112124	6.26	0.37
Bob Cousy	5.1	1.189678981	6.07	0.35
Kevin Johnson	3.5	1.726841163	6.04	0.35
Hal Greer	5.1	1.17519398	5.99	0.35
Lenny Wilkens	4.8	1.244221035	5.97	0.35
Nash	3.4	1.754951896	5.97	0.35
IT	3.5	1.689515189	5.91	0.35
Tim Hardaway	3.4	1.734401288	5.90	0.34
AI	3.3	1.757493639	5.80	0.34
Chauncey	3.3	1.752988998	5.78	0.34
Tony Parker	3.2	1899-12	5.55	0.32
Reggie	3.2	1.730294937	5.54	0.32
Bill Sharman	4.4	1.226682232	5.40	0.32
Mo Cheeks	3.2	1.68047517	5.38	0.31
Dave Bing	3.8	1.40964288	5.36	0.31
Stockton	3.1	1.720806086	5.33	0.31
Mark Price	3.1	1.720292752	5.33	0.31
Earl Monroe	3.4	1.468205153	4.99	0.29
Jason Terry	2.8	1.737999517	4.87	0.28
Tiny Archibald	2.4	1.573967091	3.78	0.22

Lastly, we’ll get to rebounding percentage. Like most of the percentage stats, this is a pretty simple one. It’s just “an estimate” of the percentage of the total possible rebounds that one player grabs. In other words, it takes the context of rebound opportunities into account rather than a gross count of total rebounds without any consideration of context. We have 1.25 goat points on the line here. I won’t be adjusting for era here for similar reasons as assist percentage. The added context of the percentage stat makes the era adjustment relatively useless. We don’t need to worry about players from different eras having a different number of rebound opportunities per game when the stat is based on controlling for that variable. One last note – rebound percentage was first recorded in 1971. There are nine players with no recorded rebound percentage as a result. Rather than put them all in the middle, I’m going to use the same approach we used with assist percentage since we have some existing reference for their rebounding ability. We’ll take the average of their place (1-157) in the first two rebounding categories and then just place them there for rebounding percentage as well. It’s not a perfect replacement for an actual number, but it’s a more accurate method than the alternative halfway approach.

Player	REB %	GOAT POINTS
Dennis Rodman	23.4	1.50
Gobert	21.7	1.39
Dwight	21.1	1.35
Moses	19.8	1.27
Bill Walton	19.8	1.27
Bill Russell	19.6	1.26
Wilt	19.4	1.24
K Love	19.3	1.24
Dikembe	19.1	1.22
Jokic	19	1.22
Tyson Chandler	18.8	1.21
KAT	18.5	1.19
Tim Duncan	18.4	1.18
Chuck	18.2	1.17
Artis Gilmore	18	1.15
Wes Unseld	18	1.15
Robert Parish	17.9	1.15
Shaq	17.8	1.14
David Robinson	17.3	1.11
Hakeem	17.2	1.10
Buck Williams	17.2	1.10
George Mikan	17.2	1.10
Dave Cowens	17.1	1.10
KG	17	1.09
Bill Laimbeer	16.7	1.07
Nate Thurmond	16.7	1.07
Yao	16.5	1.06
Ewing	16.4	1.05
AD	16.3	1.04
Jack Sikma	16.2	1.04
Walt Bellamy	16.1	1.03
Karl Malone	16	1.03
Alonzo Mourning	15.9	1.02
Kareem	15.7	1.01
Giannis	15.7	1.01
Bob Pettit	15.7	1.01
Elvin Hayes	15.6	1.00
Bob Lanier	15.6	1.00
Willis Reed	15.6	1.00
Pau	15.5	0.99
Tree Rollins	15.5	0.99
Vlade Divac	15.4	0.99
Jerry Lucas	15.3	0.98
Elton Brand	15	0.96
Zelmo Beaty	15	0.96
Mark Eaton	15	0.96
AC Green	14.7	0.94
Bob McAdoo	14.7	0.94
Otis Thorpe	14.6	0.94
CWebb	14.6	0.94
Larry	14.5	0.93
Millsap	14.5	0.93
Horford	14.4	0.92
Shawn Marion	14.3	0.92
Dave DeBusschere	14.3	0.92
Blake	14.2	0.91
Billy Cunningham	14.2	0.91
Horace Grant	14.1	0.90
Bosh	14.1	0.90
Dolph Schayes	14.1	0.90
LaMarcus Aldridge	13.8	0.88
Larry Nance	13.6	0.87
Marc Gasol	13.3	0.85
Dan Issel	13.2	0.85
McHale	13.2	0.85
Dray	13.2	0.85
Dirk	12.7	0.81
Bailey Howell	12.4	0.79
Sheed Wallace	12.1	0.78
Detlef Schrempf	12	0.77
Dr J	11.9	0.76
Sam Perkins	11.9	0.76
Bobby Jones	11.8	0.76
Russ	11.7	0.75
Kawhi	11.4	0.73
LeBron	11.3	0.72
Marques Johnson	11.2	0.72
Magic	11.1	0.71
AK47	11	0.71
KD	10.8	0.69
Pippen	10.6	0.68
Grant Hill	10.5	0.67
Paul George	10.5	0.67
Dominique	10.4	0.67
Elgin Baylor	10.2	0.65
Melo	10.1	0.65
Fat Lever	10.1	0.65
Kidd	10	0.64
Clyde Drexler	9.9	0.63
T-Mac	9.8	0.63
Paul Pierce	9.6	0.62
MJ	9.4	0.60
Alvin Robertson	9.4	0.60
Nate McMillan	9.1	0.58
Harden	9	0.58
Alex English	9	0.58
Jimmy	8.9	0.57
James Worthy	8.9	0.57
Paul Arizin	8.9	0.57
Chet Walker	8.7	0.56
Iggy	8.7	0.56
Rajon Rondo	8.7	0.56
Adrian Dantley	8.6	0.55
Sidney Moncrief	8.6	0.55
Ed Macauley	8.6	0.55
Clifford Robinson	8.4	0.54
Vince	8.2	0.53
George Gervin	8.2	0.53
Kobe	8.1	0.52
D Wade	8.1	0.52
Rick Barry	8	0.51
Manu	8	0.51
Kyle Lowry	7.8	0.50
Walt Frazier	7.6	0.49
Chris Paul	7.5	0.48
John Havlicek	7.4	0.47
Steph	7.4	0.47
Andre Miller	6.9	0.44
Mullin	6.9	0.44
Rod Strickland	6.9	0.44
Ray Allen	6.8	0.44
Eddie Jones	6.8	0.44
Mookie Blaylock	6.6	0.42
Joe Johnson	6.6	0.42
Gary Payton	6.5	0.42
David Thompson	6.5	0.42
Oscar	6.4	0.41
Dame	6.3	0.40
Jeff Hornacek	6.2	0.40
Kyrie	6.2	0.40
Doc Rivers	6.2	0.40
Terry Porter	6.1	0.39
Terrell Brandon	6.1	0.39
D Rose	5.8	0.37
Klay	5.8	0.37
Lenny Wilkens	5.5	0.35
Pistol Pete	5.5	0.35
Nash	5.4	0.35
Kevin Johnson	5.4	0.35
Chauncey	5.3	0.34
Hal Greer	5.3	0.34
IT	5.3	0.34
Tim Hardaway	5.3	0.34
Bob Cousy	5.3	0.34
Sam Jones	5.3	0.34
Reggie	5.1	0.33
Jerry West	5.1	0.33
Tony Parker	5.1	0.33
AI	5.1	0.33
Stockton	5	0.32
Mo Cheeks	4.9	0.31
Mark Price	4.9	0.31
Bill Sharman	4.9	0.31
Dave Bing	4.7	0.30
Jason Terry	4.5	0.29
Earl Monroe	4.4	0.28
Tiny Archibald	3.4	0.22

And that’s all we’ve got for rebounds. The cumulative rebound leaderboard is here –

Player	GOAT POINTS
Dennis Rodman	4.87
Wilt	4.74
Bill Russell	4.51
Gobert	4.38
Dwight	4.37
Moses	4.25
Wes Unseld	4.13
Chuck	3.99
K Love	3.98
Dave Cowens	3.98
Bill Walton	3.98
Artis Gilmore	3.96
Dikembe	3.96
Tim Duncan	3.92
KAT	3.90
Shaq	3.88
Nate Thurmond	3.86
Jokic	3.85
Hakeem	3.81
George Mikan	3.76
David Robinson	3.75
Jerry Lucas	3.70
Tyson Chandler	3.70
Elvin Hayes	3.66
Buck Williams	3.62
KG	3.61
Robert Parish	3.56
AD	3.52
Bill Laimbeer	3.52
Kareem	3.50
Ewing	3.49
Bob Pettit	3.46
Karl Malone	3.46
Yao	3.46
Walt Bellamy	3.44
Jack Sikma	3.42
Willis Reed	3.36
CWebb	3.34
Giannis	3.33
Bob Lanier	3.32
Pau	3.32
Alonzo Mourning	3.27
Larry	3.25
Vlade Divac	3.17
Bob McAdoo	3.16
Elton Brand	3.14
Shawn Marion	3.11
Otis Thorpe	3.05
Mark Eaton	3.04
Bosh	3.02
Horford	2.99
Zelmo Beaty	2.97
Dolph Schayes	2.96
Horace Grant	2.95
Blake	2.95
AC Green	2.93
Billy Cunningham	2.93
Dan Issel	2.92
LaMarcus Aldridge	2.91
Dave DeBusschere	2.88
Millsap	2.85
Larry Nance	2.84
Tree Rollins	2.79
Elgin Baylor	2.77
Marc Gasol	2.73
Dirk	2.71
McHale	2.71
Dr J	2.68
Dray	2.67
Russ	2.56
Sheed Wallace	2.51
LeBron	2.50
Bailey Howell	2.46
Magic	2.42
Detlef Schrempf	2.41
Marques Johnson	2.39
KD	2.39
Sam Perkins	2.37
Kawhi	2.36
Bobby Jones	2.34
Dominique	2.30
Pippen	2.26
Paul George	2.25
Kidd	2.21
Grant Hill	2.21
Melo	2.19
AK47	2.18
Fat Lever	2.16
Clyde Drexler	2.14
T-Mac	2.08
MJ	2.08
Paul Pierce	2.03
Paul Arizin	1.99
Harden	1.94
Alex English	1.94
Alvin Robertson	1.93
Chet Walker	1.90
Adrian Dantley	1.90
Ed Macauley	1.90
Jimmy	1.88
Rick Barry	1.86
James Worthy	1.84
Iggy	1.81
Kobe	1.80
George Gervin	1.77
Sidney Moncrief	1.76
Rajon Rondo	1.75
Clifford Robinson	1.74
Nate McMillan	1.73
D Wade	1.70
Walt Frazier	1.69
Vince	1.66
John Havlicek	1.65
Oscar	1.63
Kyle Lowry	1.62
Steph	1.61
Chris Paul	1.59
Manu	1.53
Mullin	1.48
Ray Allen	1.45
Eddie Jones	1.45
Mookie Blaylock	1.44
Rod Strickland	1.42
Andre Miller	1.42
Joe Johnson	1.41
David Thompson	1.39
Dame	1.39
Gary Payton	1.39
Kyrie	1.32
Jerry West	1.29
Jeff Hornacek	1.28
Pistol Pete	1.25
Klay	1.24
Doc Rivers	1.22
D Rose	1.22
Terry Porter	1.21
Bob Cousy	1.21
AI	1.21
Terrell Brandon	1.19
IT	1.19
Lenny Wilkens	1.19
Sam Jones	1.18
Hal Greer	1.18
Kevin Johnson	1.17
Tim Hardaway	1.16
Nash	1.13
Chauncey	1.10
Reggie	1.08
Dave Bing	1.06
Tony Parker	1.04
Bill Sharman	1.03
Mo Cheeks	1.02
Stockton	1.02
Mark Price	1.00
Earl Monroe	0.94
Jason Terry	0.90
Tiny Archibald	0.74

And then the new overall leaderboard after our first three categories –

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
Wilt	14.31
Larry	13.85
Jokic	13.59
LeBron	13.57
Magic	13.33
George Mikan	13.15
Chuck	13.07
KAT	12.97
Russ	12.89
Harden	12.79
MJ	12.76
Steph	12.61
KD	12.60
Giannis	12.56
Bob Pettit	12.55
Karl Malone	12.54
Chris Paul	12.47
K Love	12.28
AD	12.25
Shaq	12.24
Oscar	12.13
David Robinson	12.08
Dame	11.98
Bill Russell	11.98
CWebb	11.95
Tim Duncan	11.89
KG	11.88
Kobe	11.88
Elgin Baylor	11.87
Dirk	11.78
Blake	11.74
Kareem	11.72
Dr J	11.71
Rick Barry	11.67
Clyde Drexler	11.66
Hakeem	11.65
Stockton	11.64
AI	11.61
Kidd	11.59
Nash	11.57
Tim Hardaway	11.53
Walt Bellamy	11.52
Pau	11.51
Kyrie	11.49
T-Mac	11.48
Billy Cunningham	11.47
Jerry Lucas	11.46
Dwight	11.44
Jerry West	11.37
Artis Gilmore	11.36
Dominique	11.36
Dolph Schayes	11.35
Kevin Johnson	11.31
Kawhi	11.30
Jack Sikma	11.29
Moses	11.26
D Wade	11.22
Bob Lanier	11.19
Paul George	11.16
Bosh	11.11
Paul Pierce	11.11
Yao	11.08
Dan Issel	11.06
IT	11.05
Wes Unseld	11.02
Mark Price	11.01
Dave Cowens	10.97
Melo	10.97
Ewing	10.96
Willis Reed	10.93
Gobert	10.92
Horford	10.91
Nate Thurmond	10.91
Pippen	10.88
LaMarcus Aldridge	10.84
Bill Laimbeer	10.82
Kyle Lowry	10.82
Elvin Hayes	10.80
Gary Payton	10.77
Paul Arizin	10.77
Ray Allen	10.74
Bob McAdoo	10.72
Jimmy	10.71
Shawn Marion	10.68
Dennis Rodman	10.67
Chauncey	10.67
George Gervin	10.67
Fat Lever	10.66
Pistol Pete	10.65
Detlef Schrempf	10.62
Grant Hill	10.61
Ed Macauley	10.59
Alonzo Mourning	10.54
Marc Gasol	10.50
Bob Cousy	10.50
Bill Walton	10.49
Reggie	10.48
Adrian Dantley	10.43
Mookie Blaylock	10.40
Mullin	10.38
McHale	10.37
Jeff Hornacek	10.36
Marques Johnson	10.35
Bailey Howell	10.30
Terrell Brandon	10.30
Alex English	10.30
Terry Porter	10.29
Vince	10.28
Larry Nance	10.25
Rod Strickland	10.25
Millsap	10.25
David Thompson	10.24
Vlade Divac	10.23
John Havlicek	10.21
D Rose	10.18
Elton Brand	10.17
Manu	10.17
Dave DeBusschere	10.15
Rajon Rondo	10.13
Dray	10.12
Sheed Wallace	10.06
Sidney Moncrief	10.00
Tony Parker	9.98
Tiny Archibald	9.98
Dave Bing	9.95
Buck Williams	9.94
Andre Miller	9.91
Klay	9.91
Lenny Wilkens	9.88
Zelmo Beaty	9.87
Alvin Robertson	9.85
Eddie Jones	9.84
Sam Perkins	9.79
Joe Johnson	9.79
Robert Parish	9.78
Chet Walker	9.74
Otis Thorpe	9.67
James Worthy	9.67
Doc Rivers	9.64
Walt Frazier	9.63
AK47	9.60
Bill Sharman	9.57
Iggy	9.54
Horace Grant	9.51
Dikembe	9.51
Jason Terry	9.40
Hal Greer	9.39
AC Green	9.34
Mo Cheeks	9.34
Nate McMillan	9.34
Clifford Robinson	9.32
Tyson Chandler	9.31
Sam Jones	9.13
Bobby Jones	8.91
Earl Monroe	8.26
Tree Rollins	7.77
Mark Eaton	7.51

With rebounding, a lot of the expected names that were a little behind early have jumped back into the fold. Some big names outside of the top 50 still – Moses Malone (56), Dwyane Wade (57), Scottie Pippen (75), Reggie Miller (97), Vince Carter (108), John Havlicek (114), Klay Thompson (128). Up next, we have steals and blocks. I will do them as their two separate categories but will wait until we’re through both to do another cumulative leaderboard. With that, let’s get to it.

Steals (2)

We’ll go with 2 points for steals. There are few statistics to look at here, which plays a role. We only have steals per game and per 36 and then steal percentage as cross-era, useable stats. But the main reason that steals are only getting two points rather than four or five is their diminished volume. There just aren’t too many possessions that end in a steal, which devalues the importance of a skill for stealing the basketball versus scoring, passing, or rebounding it. The basic idea – I can be two times better than everyone else at something, but the difference between 2 steals and 1 is much smaller in terms of ultimate in-game impact than the difference between 10 and 5 rebounds or 30 and 15 points. There is some interesting discussion out there of how exactly to weigh the various stats – some would say, for example, that the ability of a steal to launch an easier fast break possession is worth taking into account in matters of comparative value – but I feel comfortable with the 2:5:10 value ratio that we have going here.

Subcategories:

• Pure Volume (1.5) – Steals per game (1), Steals per 36 (0.5)
• Percentages (0.5) – Steal percentage (0.5)

Let’s start with steals per game. I’ll adjust for era like we’ve been doing. The steal is another stat that doesn’t exist until 1974, so we will have to go with the typical “put everyone that played half or more of their career by 1974 in the middle” method. There’s just no way to accurately predict where those guys stand without any numbers to go off of, even if we could sit here and say “this guard probably had a decent amount of steals” or “this center probably didn’t steal the ball very often”.

Player	SPG	Multiplier	EA SPG	GOAT POINTS
Alvin Robertson	2.7	1.154525961	3.12	1.00
AI	2.2	1.287124565	2.83	0.91
Chris Paul	2.1	1.315944261	2.76	0.89
Mookie Blaylock	2.3	1.193608532	2.75	0.88
MJ	2.3	1.176682387	2.71	0.87
Stockton	2.2	1.182292743	2.60	0.83
Fat Lever	2.2	1.141758823	2.51	0.81
Kidd	1.9	1.282164444	2.44	0.78
Pippen	2	1.192697529	2.39	0.76
Mo Cheeks	2.1	1.132970386	2.38	0.76
Clyde Drexler	2	1.160327061	2.32	0.74
Kawhi	1.8	1.28749277	2.32	0.74
Russ	1.7	1.304634861	2.22	0.71
Gary Payton	1.8	1.231090244	2.22	0.71
Steph	1.7	1.300671051	2.21	0.71
Nate McMillan	1.9	1.162541179	2.21	0.71
Dr J	2	1.104343073	2.21	0.71
Paul George	1.7	1.294476972	2.20	0.71
IT	1.9	1.143523982	2.17	0.70
Magic	1.9	1.141678317	2.17	0.70
Eddie Jones	1.7	1.265632186	2.15	0.69
LeBron	1.6	1.312853526	2.10	0.67
Rajon Rondo	1.6	1.312253277	2.10	0.67
Doc Rivers	1.8	1.155309032	2.08	0.67
Walt Frazier	1.9	1.085833665	2.06	0.66
Jimmy	1.6	1.288869026	2.06	0.66
Hakeem	1.7	1.17835542	2.00	0.64
D Wade	1.5	1899-12	1.97	0.63
Shawn Marion	1.5	1.308613874	1.96	0.63
Harden	1.5	1.300671051	1.95	0.63
Larry	1.7	1.135036993	1.93	0.62
Terrell Brandon	1.6	1.200094749	1.92	0.62
Tim Hardaway	1.6	1.197862534	1.92	0.61
Mullin	1.6	1.173528807	1.88	0.60
Iggy	1.4	1.31616958	1.84	0.59
AK47	1.4	1.315387619	1.84	0.59
AD	1.4	1.2891845	1.80	0.58
Dray	1.4	1.2891845	1.80	0.58
Kobe	1.4	1.288575634	1.80	0.58
Rod Strickland	1.5	1.201832477	1.80	0.58
CWebb	1.4	1.255414011	1.76	0.56
Kevin Johnson	1.5	1.171620565	1.76	0.56
Chuck	1.5	1.166996001	1.75	0.56
Kyle Lowry	1.3	1.312253277	1.71	0.55
Manu	1.3	1.311678452	1.71	0.55
Paul Pierce	1.3	1.298491498	1.69	0.54
David Robinson	1.4	1.197862534	1.68	0.54
Kyrie	1.3	1.288869026	1.68	0.54
KG	1.3	1.286143461	1.67	0.54
Karl Malone	1.4	1.186948463	1.66	0.53
Bobby Jones	1.5	1.095411196	1.64	0.53
Jeff Hornacek	1.4	1.170159296	1.64	0.53
Millsap	1.2	1.312253277	1.57	0.50
Andre Miller	1.2	1.306297221	1.57	0.50
T-Mac	1.2	1.2969537	1.56	0.50
Jokic	1.2	1.293026522	1.55	0.50
Giannis	1.2	1.291401581	1.55	0.50
Grant Hill	1.2	1.282164444	1.54	0.49
Dominique	1.3	1.158578641	1.51	0.48
Wilt		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Oscar		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Pistol Pete		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Earl Monroe		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Tiny Archibald		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	1.5	0.48
Marques Johnson	1.3	1.115499357	1.45	0.46
KD	1.1	1.308070162	1.44	0.46
Jason Terry	1.1	1.304130596	1.43	0.46
Ray Allen	1.1	1.289809313	1.42	0.45
Terry Porter	1.2	1899-12	1.41	0.45
Mark Price	1.2	1.162541179	1.40	0.45
Sidney Moncrief	1.2	1.133693177	1.36	0.44
Vlade Divac	1.1	1.208952502	1.33	0.43
George Gervin	1.2	1.100741557	1.32	0.42
Reggie	1.1	1.199769889	1.32	0.42
Melo	1	1.312853526	1.31	0.42
Vince	1	1.298287087	1.30	0.42
Chauncey	1	1.294661798	1.29	0.41
Dame	1	1.2891845	1.29	0.41
Sheed Wallace	1	1.287130741	1.29	0.41
James Worthy	1.1	1.141758823	1.26	0.40
Clifford Robinson	1	1.227402224	1.23	0.39
Bob Lanier	1.1	1899-12	1.21	0.39
Dave Cowens	1.1	1.0891494	1.20	0.38
Wes Unseld	1.1	1899-12	1.20	0.38
Horace Grant	1	1899-12	1.19	0.38
Dwight	0.9	1.31616958	1.18	0.38
Ewing	1	1.179158334	1.18	0.38
Elton Brand	0.9	1899-12	1.18	0.38
Marc Gasol	0.9	1.304788959	1.17	0.38
Klay	0.9	1.288869026	1.16	0.37
Jack Sikma	1	1899-12	1.12	0.36
Adrian Dantley	1	1.11844478	1.12	0.36
Bob McAdoo	1	1.110177911	1.11	0.36
Elvin Hayes	1	1.103873361	1.10	0.35
Dan Issel	1	1.09872002	1.10	0.35
David Thompson	1	1.085257376	1.09	0.35
Bosh	0.8	1.320174008	1.06	0.34
Sam Perkins	0.9	1.173009811	1.06	0.34
Tony Parker	0.8	1899-12	1.05	0.34
Horford	0.8	1.308070162	1.05	0.34
Joe Johnson	0.8	1.30793392	1.05	0.34
D Rose	0.8	1.304634861	1.04	0.33
Dirk	0.8	1.298080206	1.04	0.33
Blake	0.8	1.294476972	1.04	0.33
KAT	0.8	1.293026522	1.03	0.33
Larry Nance	0.9	1.143523982	1.03	0.33
Alex English	0.9	1.11844478	1.01	0.32
Kareem	0.9	1.114755851	1.00	0.32
Detlef Schrempf	0.8	1.173528807	0.94	0.30
AC Green	0.8	1.173528807	0.94	0.30
Buck Williams	0.8	1.157763021	0.93	0.30
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.7	1899-12	0.92	0.29
K Love	0.7	1.304634861	0.91	0.29
Robert Parish	0.8	1.134711666	0.91	0.29
Tim Duncan	0.7	1.292852401	0.90	0.29
Gobert	0.7	1.291401581	0.90	0.29
Nash	0.7	1.289809313	0.90	0.29
Moses	0.8	1.125480417	0.90	0.29
Bill Walton	0.8	1.111195739	0.89	0.28
Otis Thorpe	0.7	1.173009811	0.82	0.26
Dennis Rodman	0.7	1.170159296	0.82	0.26
Bill Laimbeer	0.7	1.140415126	0.80	0.26
Shaq	0.6	1.266826406	0.76	0.24
Artis Gilmore	0.6	1.108367261	0.67	0.21
Pau	0.5	1.308817643	0.65	0.21
Tyson Chandler	0.5	1.308492061	0.65	0.21
Alonzo Mourning	0.5	1.248898309	0.62	0.20
Yao	0.4	1.335535807	0.53	0.17
Dikembe	0.4	1.249427785	0.50	0.16
Mark Eaton	0.4	1.144431485	0.46	0.15
McHale	0.4	1.142573247	0.46	0.15
Tree Rollins	0.4	1.129496468	0.45	0.14

We can then do the same for steals per 36 with 0.5 goat points up for grabs.

Player	SP36	Multiplier	EA SP36	GOAT POINTS
Alvin Robertson	3.1	1.154525961	3.58	0.50
Nate McMillan	2.7	1.162541179	3.14	0.44
Stockton	2.5	1.182292743	2.96	0.41
Chris Paul	2.2	1.315944261	2.90	0.40
Mookie Blaylock	2.4	1.193608532	2.86	0.40
Fat Lever	2.5	1.141758823	2.85	0.40
Doc Rivers	2.4	1.155309032	2.77	0.39
Mo Cheeks	2.4	1.132970386	2.72	0.38
MJ	2.2	1.176682387	2.59	0.36
Kawhi	2	1.28749277	2.57	0.36
Rajon Rondo	1.9	1.312253277	2.49	0.35
Manu	1.9	1.311678452	2.49	0.35
AI	1.9	1.287124565	2.45	0.34
Clyde Drexler	2.1	1.160327061	2.44	0.34
Kidd	1.9	1.282164444	2.44	0.34
Pippen	2	1.192697529	2.39	0.33
Gary Payton	1.9	1.231090244	2.34	0.33
Paul George	1.8	1.294476972	2.33	0.33
Dray	1.8	1.2891845	2.32	0.32
Jimmy	1.8	1.288869026	2.32	0.32
Terrell Brandon	1.9	1.200094749	2.28	0.32
Eddie Jones	1.8	1.265632186	2.28	0.32
AK47	1.7	1.315387619	2.24	0.31
Russ	1.7	1.304634861	2.22	0.31
Steph	1.7	1.300671051	2.21	0.31
Dr J	2	1.104343073	2.21	0.31
IT	1.9	1.143523982	2.17	0.30
Magic	1.9	1.141678317	2.17	0.30
Hakeem	1.8	1.17835542	2.12	0.30
Iggy	1.6	1.31616958	2.11	0.29
D Wade	1.6	1899-12	2.10	0.29
Millsap	1.6	1.312253277	2.10	0.29
Shawn Marion	1.6	1.308613874	2.09	0.29
Bobby Jones	1.9	1.095411196	2.08	0.29
Harden	1.6	1.300671051	2.08	0.29
Rod Strickland	1.7	1.201832477	2.04	0.29
Tim Hardaway	1.7	1.197862534	2.04	0.28
Mullin	1.7	1.173528807	1.99	0.28
LeBron	1.5	1.312853526	1.97	0.28
Kyle Lowry	1.5	1.312253277	1.97	0.27
Walt Frazier	1.8	1.085833665	1.95	0.27
Terry Porter	1.6	1899-12	1.89	0.26
Kevin Johnson	1.6	1.171620565	1.87	0.26
Jeff Hornacek	1.6	1.170159296	1.87	0.26
Andre Miller	1.4	1.306297221	1.83	0.26
Jason Terry	1.4	1.304130596	1.83	0.25
Paul Pierce	1.4	1.298491498	1.82	0.25
Larry	1.6	1.135036993	1.82	0.25
Jokic	1.4	1.293026522	1.81	0.25
AD	1.4	1.2891845	1.80	0.25
Kyrie	1.4	1.288869026	1.80	0.25
Kobe	1.4	1.288575634	1.80	0.25
David Robinson	1.5	1.197862534	1.80	0.25
CWebb	1.4	1.255414011	1.76	0.25
Chuck	1.5	1.166996001	1.75	0.24
Vlade Divac	1.4	1.208952502	1.69	0.24
T-Mac	1.3	1.2969537	1.69	0.24
Giannis	1.3	1.291401581	1.68	0.23
KG	1.3	1.286143461	1.67	0.23
Grant Hill	1.3	1.282164444	1.67	0.23
Karl Malone	1.4	1.186948463	1.66	0.23
Wilt		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Oscar		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Earl Monroe		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Tiny Archibald		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	1.64	0.23
Mark Price	1.4	1.162541179	1.63	0.23
Sidney Moncrief	1.4	1.133693177	1.59	0.22
Vince	1.2	1.298287087	1.56	0.22
Dominique	1.3	1.158578641	1.51	0.21
Clifford Robinson	1.2	1.227402224	1.47	0.21
Marques Johnson	1.3	1.115499357	1.45	0.20
KD	1.1	1.308070162	1.44	0.20
George Gervin	1.3	1.105308176	1.44	0.20
Chauncey	1.1	1.294661798	1.42	0.20
Ray Allen	1.1	1.289809313	1.42	0.20
Sheed Wallace	1.1	1.287130741	1.42	0.20
Pistol Pete	1.3	1.085833665	1.41	0.20
James Worthy	1.2	1.141758823	1.37	0.19
Bob Lanier	1.2	1899-12	1.32	0.19
Reggie	1.1	1.199769889	1.32	0.18
Dwight	1	1.31616958	1.32	0.18
Melo	1	1.312853526	1.31	0.18
Horace Grant	1.1	1899-12	1.31	0.18
Tony Parker	1	1899-12	1.31	0.18
Elton Brand	1	1899-12	1.31	0.18
Marc Gasol	1	1.304788959	1.30	0.18
Sam Perkins	1.1	1.173009811	1.29	0.18
Dame	1	1.2891845	1.29	0.18
Klay	1	1.288869026	1.29	0.18
Jack Sikma	1.1	1899-12	1.24	0.17
Dan Issel	1.1	1.09872002	1.21	0.17
Dave Cowens	1.1	1.0891494	1.20	0.17
Wes Unseld	1.1	1899-12	1.20	0.17
David Thompson	1.1	1.085257376	1.19	0.17
Ewing	1	1.179158334	1.18	0.16
Horford	0.9	1.308070162	1.18	0.16
Joe Johnson	0.9	1.30793392	1.18	0.16
D Rose	0.9	1.304634861	1.17	0.16
AC Green	1	1.173528807	1.17	0.16
Blake	0.9	1.294476972	1.17	0.16
KAT	0.9	1.293026522	1.16	0.16
Nash	0.9	1.289809313	1.16	0.16
Larry Nance	1	1.143523982	1.14	0.16
Robert Parish	1	1.134711666	1.13	0.16
Adrian Dantley	1	1.11844478	1.12	0.16
Alex English	1	1.11844478	1.12	0.16
Kareem	1	1.114755851	1.11	0.16
Bill Walton	1	1.111195739	1.11	0.16
Bob McAdoo	1	1.110177911	1.11	0.16
Elvin Hayes	1	1.103873361	1.10	0.15
Detlef Schrempf	0.9	1.173528807	1.06	0.15
Bosh	0.8	1.320174008	1.06	0.15
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.8	1899-12	1.05	0.15
K Love	0.8	1.304634861	1.04	0.15
Buck Williams	0.9	1.157763021	1.04	0.15
Dirk	0.8	1.298080206	1.04	0.15
Tim Duncan	0.8	1.292852401	1.03	0.14
Gobert	0.8	1.291401581	1.03	0.14
Moses	0.9	1.125480417	1.01	0.14
Otis Thorpe	0.8	1.173009811	0.94	0.13
Dennis Rodman	0.8	1.170159296	0.94	0.13
Tyson Chandler	0.7	1.308492061	0.92	0.13
Bill Laimbeer	0.8	1.140415126	0.91	0.13
Tree Rollins	0.8	1.129496468	0.90	0.13
Shaq	0.6	1.266826406	0.76	0.11
Alonzo Mourning	0.6	1.248898309	0.75	0.10
Artis Gilmore	0.6	1.108367261	0.67	0.09
Pau	0.5	1.308817643	0.65	0.09
Dikembe	0.5	1.249427785	0.62	0.09
Mark Eaton	0.5	1.144431485	0.57	0.08
Yao	0.4	1.335535807	0.53	0.07
McHale	0.4	1.142573247	0.46	0.06

We can then finish with steal percentage. This is again an estimate, and it attempts to measure the percentage of defensive possessions that any given player from the defensive team grabs a steal on (while they are on the floor and not across the game as a whole). The numbers are obviously going to be pretty low here since there aren’t that many possessions that end in a steal during a game, never mind a steal by one specific player. There are 0.5 goat points on the line here too. I am going to adjust for era here since this is steals out of total possessions rather than steals out of total steals. So we’ll adjust using league average steals year by year, and we can figure that using just steals is a pretty decent way to adjust for those differences in era. The cutoff year remains the same at 1974.

Player	STL %	Multiplier	EA STL %	GOAT POINTS
Alvin Robertson	4.1	1.154525961	4.73	0.50
Nate McMillan	3.7	1.162541179	4.30	0.45
Chris Paul	3.2	1.315944261	4.21	0.45
Mookie Blaylock	3.5	1.193608532	4.18	0.44
Stockton	3.5	1.182292743	4.14	0.44
Doc Rivers	3.3	1.155309032	3.81	0.40
Fat Lever	3.2	1.141758823	3.65	0.39
MJ	3.1	1.176682387	3.65	0.39
Mo Cheeks	3.2	1.132970386	3.63	0.38
Kawhi	2.8	1.28749277	3.60	0.38
Kidd	2.8	1.282164444	3.59	0.38
Rajon Rondo	2.7	1.312253277	3.54	0.37
Manu	2.7	1.311678452	3.54	0.37
Terrell Brandon	2.9	1.200094749	3.48	0.37
AI	2.7	1.287124565	3.48	0.37
Pippen	2.9	1.192697529	3.46	0.37
Paul George	2.6	1.294476972	3.37	0.36
Gary Payton	2.7	1.231090244	3.32	0.35
Eddie Jones	2.6	1.265632186	3.29	0.35
Clyde Drexler	2.8	1.160327061	3.25	0.34
Jimmy	2.5	1.288869026	3.22	0.34
AK47	2.4	1.315387619	3.16	0.33
D Wade	2.4	1899-12	3.16	0.33
Russ	2.4	1.304634861	3.13	0.33
Steph	2.4	1.300671051	3.12	0.33
Dray	2.4	1.2891845	3.09	0.33
Iggy	2.3	1.31616958	3.03	0.32
Shawn Marion	2.3	1.308613874	3.01	0.32
Millsap	2.2	1.312253277	2.89	0.31
Rod Strickland	2.4	1.201832477	2.88	0.30
Harden	2.2	1.300671051	2.86	0.30
IT	2.5	1.143523982	2.86	0.30
Magic	2.5	1.141678317	2.85	0.30
Hakeem	2.4	1.17835542	2.83	0.30
Dr J	2.5	1.104343073	2.76	0.29
LeBron	2.1	1.312853526	2.76	0.29
Kyle Lowry	2.1	1.312253277	2.76	0.29
Tim Hardaway	2.3	1.197862534	2.76	0.29
Kobe	2.1	1.288575634	2.71	0.29
Mullin	2.3	1.173528807	2.70	0.29
Jeff Hornacek	2.3	1.170159296	2.69	0.28
Bobby Jones	2.4	1.095411196	2.63	0.28
Andre Miller	2	1.306297221	2.61	0.28
Jason Terry	2	1.304130596	2.61	0.28
Paul Pierce	2	1.298491498	2.60	0.27
Terry Porter	2.2	1899-12	2.59	0.27
T-Mac	2	1.2969537	2.59	0.27
AD	2	1.2891845	2.58	0.27
Kyrie	2	1.288869026	2.58	0.27
David Robinson	2.1	1.197862534	2.52	0.27
CWebb	2	1.255414011	2.51	0.27
Walt Frazier	2.3	1.085833665	2.50	0.26
Larry	2.2	1.135036993	2.50	0.26
Kevin Johnson	2.1	1.171620565	2.46	0.26
Jokic	1.9	1.293026522	2.46	0.26
Chuck	2.1	1.166996001	2.45	0.26
KG	1.9	1.286143461	2.44	0.26
Grant Hill	1.9	1.282164444	2.44	0.26
Mark Price	2	1.162541179	2.33	0.25
Giannis	1.8	1.291401581	2.32	0.25
Vlade Divac	1.9	1.208952502	2.30	0.24
Wilt		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Oscar		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	2.26	0.24
Karl Malone	1.9	1.186948463	2.26	0.24
Vince	1.7	1.298287087	2.21	0.23
Chauncey	1.7	1.294661798	2.20	0.23
Ray Allen	1.7	1.289809313	2.19	0.23
Sidney Moncrief	1.9	1.133693177	2.15	0.23
Clifford Robinson	1.7	1.227402224	2.09	0.22
Dominique	1.8	1.158578641	2.09	0.22
Sheed Wallace	1.6	1.287130741	2.06	0.22
Marques Johnson	1.8	1.115499357	2.01	0.21
KD	1.5	1.308070162	1.96	0.21
James Worthy	1.7	1.141758823	1.94	0.21
Reggie	1.6	1.199769889	1.92	0.20
George Gervin	1.7	1.100741557	1.87	0.20
Dwight	1.4	1.31616958	1.84	0.19
Melo	1.4	1.312853526	1.84	0.19
Tony Parker	1.4	1899-12	1.83	0.19
Elton Brand	1.4	1899-12	1.83	0.19
Marc Gasol	1.4	1.304788959	1.83	0.19
Horace Grant	1.5	1899-12	1.79	0.19
Tiny Archibald	1.6	1.103873361	1.77	0.19
Sam Perkins	1.5	1.173009811	1.76	0.19
Pistol Pete	1.6	1.085833665	1.74	0.18
Horford	1.3	1.308070162	1.70	0.18
Joe Johnson	1.3	1.30793392	1.70	0.18
Jack Sikma	1.5	1899-12	1.68	0.18
Blake	1.3	1.294476972	1.68	0.18
Dame	1.3	1.2891845	1.68	0.18
Klay	1.3	1.288869026	1.68	0.18
Bob Lanier	1.5	1899-12	1.66	0.18
Ewing	1.4	1.179158334	1.65	0.17
AC Green	1.4	1.173528807	1.64	0.17
Earl Monroe	1.5	1.085833665	1.63	0.17
Larry Nance	1.4	1.143523982	1.60	0.17
Bosh	1.2	1.320174008	1.58	0.17
D Rose	1.2	1.304634861	1.57	0.17
Dirk	1.2	1.298080206	1.56	0.16
KAT	1.2	1.293026522	1.55	0.16
Nash	1.2	1.289809313	1.55	0.16
Detlef Schrempf	1.3	1.173528807	1.53	0.16
Dave Cowens	1.4	1.0891494	1.52	0.16
Wes Unseld	1.4	1899-12	1.52	0.16
David Thompson	1.4	1.085257376	1.52	0.16
Robert Parish	1.3	1.134711666	1.48	0.16
Adrian Dantley	1.3	1.11844478	1.45	0.15
Alex English	1.3	1.11844478	1.45	0.15
Bill Walton	1.3	1.111195739	1.44	0.15
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.1	1899-12	1.44	0.15
Bob McAdoo	1.3	1.110177911	1.44	0.15
K Love	1.1	1.304634861	1.44	0.15
Dan Issel	1.3	1.09872002	1.43	0.15
Tim Duncan	1.1	1.292852401	1.42	0.15
Gobert	1.1	1.291401581	1.42	0.15
Buck Williams	1.2	1.157763021	1.39	0.15
Moses	1.2	1.125480417	1.35	0.14
Kareem	1.2	1.114755851	1.34	0.14
Elvin Hayes	1.2	1.103873361	1.32	0.14
Tyson Chandler	1	1.308492061	1.31	0.14
Otis Thorpe	1.1	1.173009811	1.29	0.14
Dennis Rodman	1.1	1.170159296	1.29	0.14
Bill Laimbeer	1	1.140415126	1.14	0.12
Shaq	0.9	1.266826406	1.14	0.12
Tree Rollins	1	1.129496468	1.13	0.12
Pau	0.8	1.308817643	1.05	0.11
Alonzo Mourning	0.8	1.248898309	1.00	0.11
Artis Gilmore	0.8	1.108367261	0.89	0.09
Dikembe	0.7	1.249427785	0.87	0.09
Yao	0.6	1.335535807	0.80	0.08
Mark Eaton	0.7	1.144431485	0.80	0.08
McHale	0.6	1.142573247	0.69	0.07

And that is it for steals, so we can look at the total steals leaderboard before moving on to blocks.

Player	STL GOAT POINTS
Alvin Robertson	2.00
Chris Paul	1.74
Mookie Blaylock	1.72
Stockton	1.68
AI	1.62
MJ	1.61
Nate McMillan	1.60
Fat Lever	1.59
Mo Cheeks	1.53
Kidd	1.50
Kawhi	1.48
Pippen	1.46
Doc Rivers	1.46
Clyde Drexler	1.43
Rajon Rondo	1.40
Gary Payton	1.39
Paul George	1.39
Eddie Jones	1.36
Russ	1.35
Steph	1.35
Jimmy	1.33
Dr J	1.31
IT	1.30
Terrell Brandon	1.30
Magic	1.30
Manu	1.27
D Wade	1.26
LeBron	1.24
Shawn Marion	1.24
Hakeem	1.24
AK47	1.24
Dray	1.23
Harden	1.22
Iggy	1.20
Walt Frazier	1.20
Tim Hardaway	1.19
Rod Strickland	1.17
Mullin	1.17
Larry	1.14
Kobe	1.12
Kyle Lowry	1.11
Millsap	1.10
AD	1.10
Bobby Jones	1.10
Kevin Johnson	1.09
CWebb	1.07
Jeff Hornacek	1.07
Paul Pierce	1.07
Chuck	1.06
Kyrie	1.06
David Robinson	1.05
Andre Miller	1.03
KG	1.03
Jokic	1.01
T-Mac	1.01
Karl Malone	1.00
Terry Porter	0.99
Jason Terry	0.99
Grant Hill	0.98
Giannis	0.98
Bailey Howell	0.95
Bill Russell	0.95
Bill Sharman	0.95
Billy Cunningham	0.95
Bob Cousy	0.95
Bob Pettit	0.95
Chet Walker	0.95
Dave Bing	0.95
Dave DeBusschere	0.95
Dolph Schayes	0.95
Ed Macauley	0.95
Elgin Baylor	0.95
George Mikan	0.95
Hal Greer	0.95
Jerry Lucas	0.95
Jerry West	0.95
John Havlicek	0.95
Lenny Wilkens	0.95
Nate Thurmond	0.95
Oscar	0.95
Paul Arizin	0.95
Rick Barry	0.95
Sam Jones	0.95
Walt Bellamy	0.95
Willis Reed	0.95
Wilt	0.95
Zelmo Beaty	0.95
Mark Price	0.92
Dominique	0.91
Vlade Divac	0.91
Tiny Archibald	0.90
Sidney Moncrief	0.89
Ray Allen	0.88
Earl Monroe	0.88
Marques Johnson	0.88
KD	0.87
Vince	0.87
Pistol Pete	0.86
Chauncey	0.85
Sheed Wallace	0.83
George Gervin	0.82
Clifford Robinson	0.82
Reggie	0.81
James Worthy	0.80
Melo	0.80
Dame	0.77
Dwight	0.76
Horace Grant	0.75
Elton Brand	0.75
Marc Gasol	0.75
Bob Lanier	0.75
Klay	0.73
Ewing	0.72
Dave Cowens	0.71
Tony Parker	0.71
Wes Unseld	0.71
Jack Sikma	0.71
Sam Perkins	0.70
Horford	0.68
Joe Johnson	0.68
David Thompson	0.68
Blake	0.67
Dan Issel	0.67
Adrian Dantley	0.67
D Rose	0.66
Bob McAdoo	0.66
Larry Nance	0.66
KAT	0.66
Bosh	0.65
Elvin Hayes	0.65
Dirk	0.64
AC Green	0.64
Alex English	0.63
Kareem	0.62
Nash	0.62
Detlef Schrempf	0.61
Robert Parish	0.61
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.59
Bill Walton	0.59
K Love	0.59
Buck Williams	0.59
Tim Duncan	0.58
Gobert	0.58
Moses	0.57
Otis Thorpe	0.53
Dennis Rodman	0.53
Bill Laimbeer	0.50
Tyson Chandler	0.48
Shaq	0.47
Pau	0.41
Alonzo Mourning	0.41
Artis Gilmore	0.40
Tree Rollins	0.39
Dikembe	0.34
Yao	0.33
Mark Eaton	0.31
McHale	0.28

Blocks (2)

Insert blocks for steals in the little steals intro above, and we’re just about set. We only have blocks per game and per 36 and then block percentage here as well. We also have the same idea of blocks being diminished in volume versus other counting stats – and an argument from some that the offensive opportunities a block can unleash might make it more valuable than, say, your average singular defensive rebound.

Subcategories:

• Pure Volume (1.5) – Blocks per game (1), Blocks per 36 (0.5)
• Percentages (0.5) – Block percentage (0.5)

Let’s start with blocks per game. We have the same 1974 issue with blocks, so we’ll be putting everyone that played half or less of their career before 1974 in the middle. Again, it’s the best we can do without any sort of numbers to base a placement on. Could we theoretically say Wilt Chamberlain blocked a lot of shots and Bob Cousy didn’t? Yes, and that would probably be right. But we can’t be fully confident in even that extreme example, never mind the less predictable comparisons. I’ll adjust for era here as usual.

Mark Eaton	3.5	1.104466767	3.87	1.00
Hakeem	3.1	1.129546204	3.50	0.90
David Robinson	3	1.143349226	3.43	0.89
Alonzo Mourning	2.8	1.176142685	3.29	0.85
Dikembe	2.8	1.173343161	3.29	0.85
Kareem	2.6	1.147835532	2.98	0.77
AD	2.3	1.214931679	2.79	0.72
Shaq	2.3	1.181874363	2.72	0.70
Ewing	2.4	1.130507301	2.71	0.70
Gobert	2.2	1.221383783	2.69	0.69
Artis Gilmore	2.4	1.114472534	2.67	0.69
Tim Duncan	2.2	1.193107035	2.62	0.68
Bill Walton	2.2	1.14648071	2.52	0.65
Tree Rollins	2.2	1.110379346	2.44	0.63
Larry Nance	2.2	1.105872493	2.43	0.63
Elvin Hayes	2	1.169129637	2.34	0.60
Yao	1.9	1.219057923	2.32	0.60
Dwight	1.8	1.21893545	2.19	0.57
AK47	1.8	1.207453428	2.17	0.56
Elton Brand	1.7	1899-12	2.03	0.53
Pau	1.6	1.208268545	1.93	0.50
Dr J	1.7	1.116035387	1.90	0.49
McHale	1.7	1.104225736	1.88	0.49
Bob Lanier	1.5	1899-12	1.75	0.45
Bob McAdoo	1.5	1.160526239	1.74	0.45
KAT	1.4	1.215424033	1.70	0.44
Marc Gasol	1.4	1.206783871	1.69	0.44
Robert Parish	1.5	1.11926835	1.68	0.43
KG	1.4	1.191903717	1.67	0.43
CWebb	1.4	1.178911172	1.65	0.43
Vlade Divac	1.4	1.147989596	1.61	0.42
Giannis	1.3	1.221383783	1.59	0.41
Bobby Jones	1.4	1.110216789	1.55	0.40
Sheed Wallace	1.3	1.186971791	1.54	0.40
Horford	1.2	1.213255241	1.46	0.38
Tyson Chandler	1.2	1.208048181	1.45	0.37
Moses	1.3	1.112825841	1.45	0.37
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.1	1899-12	1.34	0.35
KD	1.1	1.213255241	1.33	0.34
Shawn Marion	1.1	1.197010683	1.32	0.34
Millsap	1	1.217589832	1.22	0.31
Dray	1	1.214931679	1.21	0.31
Bosh	1	1.213056355	1.21	0.31
Clifford Robinson	1	1.161431188	1.16	0.30
Horace Grant	1	1899-12	1.14	0.29
George Gervin	1	1.11936678	1.12	0.29
Dave Cowens	0.9	1.19267729	1.07	0.28
T-Mac	0.9	1.189845674	1.07	0.28
Wilt		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Oscar		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	1.06	0.27
Jack Sikma	0.9	1899-12	1.00	0.26
Bill Laimbeer	0.9	1.106396425	1.00	0.26
David Thompson	0.9	1.099122749	0.99	0.26
LeBron	0.8	1.215668465	0.97	0.25
D Wade	0.8	1899-12	0.97	0.25
Dirk	0.8	1.198888416	0.96	0.25
Pippen	0.8	1.139385414	0.91	0.24
Karl Malone	0.8	1.134499309	0.91	0.23
Chuck	0.8	1.130250546	0.90	0.23
MJ	0.8	1.129959557	0.90	0.23
Buck Williams	0.8	1.119339113	0.90	0.23
Marques Johnson	0.8	1.103438437	0.88	0.23
Larry	0.8	1.10257898	0.88	0.23
Jokic	0.7	1.215424033	0.85	0.22
Sam Perkins	0.7	1.129248016	0.79	0.20
Clyde Drexler	0.7	1.125506726	0.79	0.20
Alex English	0.7	1.11114117	0.78	0.20
James Worthy	0.7	1.106979151	0.77	0.20
Kawhi	0.6	1.205086039	0.72	0.19
Wes Unseld	0.6	1899-12	0.72	0.19
Vince	0.6	1.199124472	0.72	0.19
Paul Pierce	0.6	1.198288951	0.72	0.19
Grant Hill	0.6	1.18421619	0.71	0.18
Eddie Jones	0.6	1.182075157	0.71	0.18
Dennis Rodman	0.6	1.13268526	0.68	0.18
Mullin	0.6	1.130250546	0.68	0.18
Dominique	0.6	1.124480725	0.67	0.17
Iggy	0.5	1.21893545	0.61	0.16
Melo	0.5	1.215668465	0.61	0.16
Jimmy	0.5	1.209652685	0.60	0.16
Klay	0.5	1.209652685	0.60	0.16
Blake	0.5	1.209188431	0.60	0.16
Harden	0.5	1.2087956	0.60	0.16
Kobe	0.5	1.193655765	0.60	0.15
Dan Issel	0.5	1.119880049	0.56	0.14
K Love	0.4	1.210250676	0.48	0.13
Kyrie	0.4	1.209652685	0.48	0.13
Paul George	0.4	1.209188431	0.48	0.12
AC Green	0.4	1.130250546	0.45	0.12
Otis Thorpe	0.4	1.129248016	0.45	0.12
Nate McMillan	0.4	1.128581521	0.45	0.12
Alvin Robertson	0.4	1.117370748	0.45	0.12
Doc Rivers	0.4	1.117050501	0.45	0.12
Magic	0.4	1.109050939	0.44	0.11
Kyle Lowry	0.3	1.217589832	0.37	0.09
Dame	0.3	1.214931679	0.36	0.09
Manu	0.3	1.214638652	0.36	0.09
Pistol Pete	0.3	1.212549556	0.36	0.09
Earl Monroe	0.3	1.212549556	0.36	0.09
Russ	0.3	1.210250676	0.36	0.09
D Rose	0.3	1.210250676	0.36	0.09
Kidd	0.3	1.18421619	0.36	0.09
Terrell Brandon	0.3	1.141528988	0.34	0.09
Mookie Blaylock	0.3	1.140529935	0.34	0.09
Detlef Schrempf	0.3	1.130250546	0.34	0.09
Fat Lever	0.3	1.106979151	0.33	0.09
IT	0.3	1.105872493	0.33	0.09
Sidney Moncrief	0.3	1.105066622	0.33	0.09
Mo Cheeks	0.3	1.104048981	0.33	0.09
Walt Frazier	0.2	1.212549556	0.24	0.06
Joe Johnson	0.2	1.210110296	0.24	0.06
Steph	0.2	1.2087956	0.24	0.06
Jason Terry	0.2	1.200876671	0.24	0.06
Andre Miller	0.2	1.196010054	0.24	0.06
Ray Allen	0.2	1.192441591	0.24	0.06
AI	0.2	1.192201597	0.24	0.06
Chauncey	0.2	1.191756883	0.24	0.06
Gary Payton	0.2	1.16169992	0.23	0.06
Rod Strickland	0.2	1.145943593	0.23	0.06
Reggie	0.2	1.142979649	0.23	0.06
Kevin Johnson	0.2	1.137297413	0.23	0.06
Jeff Hornacek	0.2	1.13268526	0.23	0.06
Stockton	0.2	1.132201667	0.23	0.06
Adrian Dantley	0.2	1.11114117	0.22	0.06
Chris Paul	0.1	1.219809204	0.12	0.03
Rajon Rondo	0.1	1.217589832	0.12	0.03
Tony Parker	0.1	1899-12	0.12	0.03
Nash	0.1	1.192441591	0.12	0.03
Tiny Archibald	0.1	1.169129637	0.12	0.03
Tim Hardaway	0.1	1.143349226	0.11	0.03
Terry Porter	0.1	1899-12	0.11	0.03
Mark Price	0.1	1.128581521	0.11	0.03

Next we can do the same for blocks per 36. There are 0.5 goat points on the line here.

Player	BP36	Multiplier	EA BP36	GOAT POINTS
Mark Eaton	4.4	1.104466767	4.86	0.50
Tree Rollins	3.8	1.110379346	4.22	0.43
Alonzo Mourning	3.3	1.176142685	3.88	0.40
Dikembe	3.2	1.173343161	3.75	0.39
David Robinson	3.1	1.143349226	3.54	0.36
Hakeem	3.1	1.129546204	3.50	0.36
Gobert	2.7	1.221383783	3.30	0.34
Bill Walton	2.8	1.14648071	3.21	0.33
Kareem	2.6	1.147835532	2.98	0.31
Ewing	2.6	1.130507301	2.94	0.30
AD	2.4	1.214931679	2.92	0.30
Tim Duncan	2.3	1.193107035	2.74	0.28
Shaq	2.3	1.181874363	2.72	0.28
Artis Gilmore	2.4	1.114472534	2.67	0.28
AK47	2.2	1.207453428	2.66	0.27
Larry Nance	2.4	1.105872493	2.65	0.27
Yao	2.1	1.219057923	2.56	0.26
Dwight	2	1.21893545	2.44	0.25
Elvin Hayes	2	1.169129637	2.34	0.24
Elton Brand	1.9	1899-12	2.27	0.23
McHale	2	1.104225736	2.21	0.23
Robert Parish	1.9	1.11926835	2.13	0.22
Pau	1.7	1.208268545	2.05	0.21
Bobby Jones	1.8	1.110216789	2.00	0.21
Bob Lanier	1.7	1899-12	1.99	0.20
Vlade Divac	1.7	1.147989596	1.95	0.20
Marc Gasol	1.6	1.206783871	1.93	0.20
Dr J	1.7	1.116035387	1.90	0.20
Bob McAdoo	1.6	1.160526239	1.86	0.19
Tyson Chandler	1.5	1.208048181	1.81	0.19
KG	1.5	1.191903717	1.79	0.18
Sheed Wallace	1.5	1.186971791	1.78	0.18
Giannis	1.4	1.221383783	1.71	0.18
KAT	1.4	1.215424033	1.70	0.18
CWebb	1.4	1.178911172	1.65	0.17
Dray	1.3	1.214931679	1.58	0.16
Horford	1.3	1.213255241	1.58	0.16
Moses	1.4	1.112825841	1.56	0.16
LaMarcus Aldridge	1.2	1899-12	1.46	0.15
Millsap	1.2	1.217589832	1.46	0.15
Clifford Robinson	1.2	1.161431188	1.39	0.14
KD	1.1	1.213255241	1.33	0.14
Bosh	1.1	1.213056355	1.33	0.14
Shawn Marion	1.1	1.197010683	1.32	0.14
Horace Grant	1.1	1899-12	1.25	0.13
George Gervin	1.1	1.11936678	1.23	0.13
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Oscar		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Wilt		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	1.18	0.12
Jack Sikma	1	1899-12	1.11	0.11
Bill Laimbeer	1	1.106396425	1.11	0.11
D Wade	0.9	1899-12	1.09	0.11
Dirk	0.9	1.198888416	1.08	0.11
Dave Cowens	0.9	1.19267729	1.07	0.11
T-Mac	0.9	1.189845674	1.07	0.11
Sam Perkins	0.9	1.129248016	1.02	0.10
Buck Williams	0.9	1.119339113	1.01	0.10
David Thompson	0.9	1.099122749	0.99	0.10
Jokic	0.8	1.215424033	0.97	0.10
Pippen	0.8	1.139385414	0.91	0.09
Karl Malone	0.8	1.134499309	0.91	0.09
Chuck	0.8	1.130250546	0.90	0.09
MJ	0.8	1.129959557	0.90	0.09
Alex English	0.8	1.11114117	0.89	0.09
Marques Johnson	0.8	1.103438437	0.88	0.09
Larry	0.8	1.10257898	0.88	0.09
LeBron	0.7	1.215668465	0.85	0.09
Kawhi	0.7	1.205086039	0.84	0.09
Vince	0.7	1.199124472	0.84	0.09
Dennis Rodman	0.7	1.13268526	0.79	0.08
Clyde Drexler	0.7	1.125506726	0.79	0.08
James Worthy	0.7	1.106979151	0.77	0.08
Iggy	0.6	1.21893545	0.73	0.08
Klay	0.6	1.209652685	0.73	0.07
Harden	0.6	1.2087956	0.73	0.07
Wes Unseld	0.6	1899-12	0.72	0.07
Paul Pierce	0.6	1.198288951	0.72	0.07
Grant Hill	0.6	1.18421619	0.71	0.07
Eddie Jones	0.6	1.182075157	0.71	0.07
Mullin	0.6	1.130250546	0.68	0.07
Nate McMillan	0.6	1.128581521	0.68	0.07
Dominique	0.6	1.124480725	0.67	0.07
Dan Issel	0.6	1.119880049	0.67	0.07
Melo	0.5	1.215668465	0.61	0.06
K Love	0.5	1.210250676	0.61	0.06
Jimmy	0.5	1.209652685	0.60	0.06
Blake	0.5	1.209188431	0.60	0.06
Paul George	0.5	1.209188431	0.60	0.06
Kobe	0.5	1.193655765	0.60	0.06
AC Green	0.5	1.130250546	0.57	0.06
Otis Thorpe	0.5	1.129248016	0.56	0.06
Alvin Robertson	0.5	1.117370748	0.56	0.06
Doc Rivers	0.5	1.117050501	0.56	0.06
Manu	0.4	1.214638652	0.49	0.05
D Rose	0.4	1.210250676	0.48	0.05
Kyrie	0.4	1.209652685	0.48	0.05
Terrell Brandon	0.4	1.141528988	0.46	0.05
Magic	0.4	1.109050939	0.44	0.05
Sidney Moncrief	0.4	1.105066622	0.44	0.05
Kyle Lowry	0.3	1.217589832	0.37	0.04
Dame	0.3	1.214931679	0.36	0.04
Earl Monroe	0.3	1.212549556	0.36	0.04
Russ	0.3	1.210250676	0.36	0.04
Kidd	0.3	1.18421619	0.36	0.04
Mookie Blaylock	0.3	1.140529935	0.34	0.04
Kevin Johnson	0.3	1.137297413	0.34	0.04
Detlef Schrempf	0.3	1.130250546	0.34	0.03
Fat Lever	0.3	1.106979151	0.33	0.03
IT	0.3	1.105872493	0.33	0.03
Mo Cheeks	0.3	1.104048981	0.33	0.03
Chris Paul	0.2	1.219809204	0.24	0.03
Rajon Rondo	0.2	1.217589832	0.24	0.03
Pistol Pete	0.2	1.212549556	0.24	0.02
Walt Frazier	0.2	1.212549556	0.24	0.02
Joe Johnson	0.2	1.210110296	0.24	0.02
Steph	0.2	1.2087956	0.24	0.02
Jason Terry	0.2	1.200876671	0.24	0.02
Andre Miller	0.2	1.196010054	0.24	0.02
Ray Allen	0.2	1.192441591	0.24	0.02
AI	0.2	1.192201597	0.24	0.02
Chauncey	0.2	1.191756883	0.24	0.02
Gary Payton	0.2	1.16169992	0.23	0.02
Rod Strickland	0.2	1.145943593	0.23	0.02
Tim Hardaway	0.2	1.143349226	0.23	0.02
Reggie	0.2	1.142979649	0.23	0.02
Jeff Hornacek	0.2	1.13268526	0.23	0.02
Stockton	0.2	1.132201667	0.23	0.02
Terry Porter	0.2	1899-12	0.23	0.02
Adrian Dantley	0.2	1.11114117	0.22	0.02
Tony Parker	0.1	1899-12	0.12	0.01
Nash	0.1	1.192441591	0.12	0.01
Tiny Archibald	0.1	1.169129637	0.12	0.01
Mark Price	0.1	1.128581521	0.11	0.01

Last up is block percentage. We have 0.5 goat points on the line here as well. This one is an interesting stat. We’re looking at the proportion of opponent two-point attempts that a given player blocks while they’re in the game. There are questions to be asked, starting with “what about threes?”, but it’s still a decent enough measure of someone’s ability to disrupt the other team’s shooting ability by way of the block. I will be adjusting for era here too since an era-based change in blocks will switch the “average” percentage of opponent shots that are blocked, and using just blocks for that adjustment should still produce a decent adjustment.

Player	BLK %	Multiplier	EA BLK %	GOAT POINTS
Alonzo Mourning	6.6	1.176142685	7.76	0.50
Mark Eaton	6.9	1.104466767	7.62	0.49
Gobert	6.1	1.221383783	7.45	0.48
Dikembe	6.3	1.173343161	7.39	0.48
Tree Rollins	6.2	1.110379346	6.88	0.44
AD	5.6	1.214931679	6.80	0.44
David Robinson	5.7	1.143349226	6.52	0.42
Hakeem	5.4	1.129546204	6.10	0.39
AK47	5	1.207453428	6.04	0.39
Tim Duncan	4.6	1.193107035	5.49	0.35
Shaq	4.6	1.181874363	5.44	0.35
Ewing	4.8	1.130507301	5.43	0.35
Yao	4.4	1.219057923	5.36	0.35
Dwight	4.4	1.21893545	5.36	0.35
Bill Walton	4.2	1.14648071	4.82	0.31
Elton Brand	3.9	1899-12	4.66	0.30
Marc Gasol	3.7	1.206783871	4.47	0.29
Kareem	3.8	1.147835532	4.36	0.28
Giannis	3.5	1.221383783	4.27	0.28
KAT	3.5	1.215424033	4.25	0.27
Pau	3.5	1.208268545	4.23	0.27
Larry Nance	3.8	1.105872493	4.20	0.27
Artis Gilmore	3.7	1.114472534	4.12	0.27
Tyson Chandler	3.3	1.208048181	3.99	0.26
Vlade Divac	3.2	1.147989596	3.67	0.24
Horford	3	1.213255241	3.64	0.23
KG	3	1.191903717	3.58	0.23
Sheed Wallace	3	1.186971791	3.56	0.23
McHale	3.2	1.104225736	3.53	0.23
Dray	2.9	1.214931679	3.52	0.23
Millsap	2.8	1.217589832	3.41	0.22
Elvin Hayes	2.9	1.169129637	3.39	0.22
Robert Parish	3	1.11926835	3.36	0.22
CWebb	2.7	1.178911172	3.18	0.21
LaMarcus Aldridge	2.6	1899-12	3.17	0.20
Bobby Jones	2.7	1.110216789	3.00	0.19
Bob Lanier	2.5	1899-12	2.92	0.19
Dr J	2.6	1.116035387	2.90	0.19
KD	2.3	1.213255241	2.79	0.18
Bosh	2.3	1.213056355	2.79	0.18
Clifford Robinson	2.3	1.161431188	2.67	0.17
Bob McAdoo	2.3	1.160526239	2.67	0.17
Shawn Marion	2.2	1.197010683	2.63	0.17
Moses	2.2	1.112825841	2.45	0.16
Jokic	2	1.215424033	2.43	0.16
D Wade	2	1899-12	2.43	0.16
Horace Grant	2	1899-12	2.28	0.15
Dirk	1.9	1.198888416	2.28	0.15
T-Mac	1.9	1.189845674	2.26	0.15
Bailey Howell		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Bill Russell		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Bill Sharman		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Billy Cunningham		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Bob Cousy		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Bob Pettit		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Chet Walker		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Dave Bing		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Dave DeBusschere		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Dolph Schayes		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Ed Macauley		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Elgin Baylor		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
George Mikan		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Hal Greer		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Jerry Lucas		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Jerry West		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
John Havlicek		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Lenny Wilkens		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Nate Thurmond		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Oscar		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Paul Arizin		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Rick Barry		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Sam Jones		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Walt Bellamy		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Willis Reed		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Wilt		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
Zelmo Beaty		#DIV/0!	2.23	0.14
LeBron	1.6	1.215668465	1.95	0.13
Kawhi	1.6	1.205086039	1.93	0.12
Bill Laimbeer	1.7	1.106396425	1.88	0.12
Pippen	1.6	1.139385414	1.82	0.12
Sam Perkins	1.6	1.129248016	1.81	0.12
Vince	1.5	1.199124472	1.80	0.12
George Gervin	1.6	1.11936678	1.79	0.12
Buck Williams	1.6	1.119339113	1.79	0.12
Jack Sikma	1.6	1899-12	1.77	0.11
Karl Malone	1.5	1.134499309	1.70	0.11
Iggy	1.3	1.21893545	1.58	0.10
Chuck	1.4	1.130250546	1.58	0.10
MJ	1.4	1.129959557	1.58	0.10
Klay	1.3	1.209652685	1.57	0.10
Harden	1.3	1.2087956	1.57	0.10
Paul Pierce	1.3	1.198288951	1.56	0.10
Dave Cowens	1.3	1.19267729	1.55	0.10
Eddie Jones	1.3	1.182075157	1.54	0.10
Melo	1.2	1.215668465	1.46	0.09
Jimmy	1.2	1.209652685	1.45	0.09
Blake	1.2	1.209188431	1.45	0.09
David Thompson	1.3	1.099122749	1.43	0.09
Grant Hill	1.2	1.18421619	1.42	0.09
Dennis Rodman	1.2	1.13268526	1.36	0.09
Nate McMillan	1.2	1.128581521	1.35	0.09
Clyde Drexler	1.2	1.125506726	1.35	0.09
Alex English	1.2	1.11114117	1.33	0.09
K Love	1.1	1.210250676	1.33	0.09
Paul George	1.1	1.209188431	1.33	0.09
James Worthy	1.2	1.106979151	1.33	0.09
Marques Johnson	1.2	1.103438437	1.32	0.09
Larry	1.2	1.10257898	1.32	0.09
Mullin	1.1	1.130250546	1.24	0.08
Kyrie	1	1.209652685	1.21	0.08
Kobe	1	1.193655765	1.19	0.08
Dominique	1	1.124480725	1.12	0.07
Manu	0.9	1.214638652	1.09	0.07
D Rose	0.9	1.210250676	1.09	0.07
Wes Unseld	0.9	1899-12	1.08	0.07
AC Green	0.9	1.130250546	1.02	0.07
Dan Issel	0.9	1.119880049	1.01	0.06
Doc Rivers	0.9	1.117050501	1.01	0.06
Kyle Lowry	0.8	1.217589832	0.97	0.06
Terrell Brandon	0.8	1.141528988	0.91	0.06
Otis Thorpe	0.8	1.129248016	0.90	0.06
Alvin Robertson	0.8	1.117370748	0.89	0.06
Dame	0.7	1.214931679	0.85	0.05
Russ	0.7	1.210250676	0.85	0.05
Kidd	0.7	1.18421619	0.83	0.05
Mookie Blaylock	0.6	1.140529935	0.68	0.04
Detlef Schrempf	0.6	1.130250546	0.68	0.04
Magic	0.6	1.109050939	0.67	0.04
Sidney Moncrief	0.6	1.105066622	0.66	0.04
Earl Monroe	0.5	1.212549556	0.61	0.04
Steph	0.5	1.2087956	0.60	0.04
Jason Terry	0.5	1.200876671	0.60	0.04
Jeff Hornacek	0.5	1.13268526	0.57	0.04
Stockton	0.5	1.132201667	0.57	0.04
Fat Lever	0.5	1.106979151	0.55	0.04
Mo Cheeks	0.5	1.104048981	0.55	0.04
Chris Paul	0.4	1.219809204	0.49	0.03
Rajon Rondo	0.4	1.217589832	0.49	0.03
Pistol Pete	0.4	1.212549556	0.49	0.03
Joe Johnson	0.4	1.210110296	0.48	0.03
Andre Miller	0.4	1.196010054	0.48	0.03
Ray Allen	0.4	1.192441591	0.48	0.03
Chauncey	0.4	1.191756883	0.48	0.03
Gary Payton	0.4	1.16169992	0.46	0.03
Rod Strickland	0.4	1.145943593	0.46	0.03
Reggie	0.4	1.142979649	0.46	0.03
Kevin Johnson	0.4	1.137297413	0.45	0.03
IT	0.4	1.105872493	0.44	0.03
AI	0.3	1.192201597	0.36	0.02
Tim Hardaway	0.3	1.143349226	0.34	0.02
Terry Porter	0.3	1899-12	0.34	0.02
Walt Frazier	0.2	1.212549556	0.24	0.02
Tony Parker	0.2	1899-12	0.24	0.02
Nash	0.2	1.192441591	0.24	0.02
Tiny Archibald	0.2	1.169129637	0.23	0.02
Mark Price	0.2	1.128581521	0.23	0.01
Adrian Dantley	0.2	1.11114117	0.22	0.01

And that is all we have for blocks, so we’ll take a look at the overall blocks leaderboard and then the cumulative leaderboard through our first five categories.

Player	BLK GOAT POINTS
Mark Eaton	1.99
Alonzo Mourning	1.75
Dikembe	1.71
David Robinson	1.67
Hakeem	1.66
Gobert	1.51
Tree Rollins	1.51
AD	1.46
Kareem	1.36
Ewing	1.35
Shaq	1.33
Tim Duncan	1.31
Bill Walton	1.29
Artis Gilmore	1.23
AK47	1.22
Yao	1.21
Larry Nance	1.17
Dwight	1.16
Elvin Hayes	1.06
Elton Brand	1.06
Pau	0.98
McHale	0.94
Marc Gasol	0.92
KAT	0.89
Dr J	0.87
Robert Parish	0.87
Giannis	0.86
Vlade Divac	0.85
Bob Lanier	0.85
KG	0.85
Tyson Chandler	0.82
Bob McAdoo	0.81
Sheed Wallace	0.81
CWebb	0.80
Bobby Jones	0.80
Horford	0.77
Dray	0.70
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.70
Moses	0.69
Millsap	0.68
KD	0.66
Shawn Marion	0.65
Bosh	0.63
Clifford Robinson	0.62
Horace Grant	0.57
Bailey Howell	0.54
Bill Russell	0.54
Bill Sharman	0.54
Billy Cunningham	0.54
Bob Cousy	0.54
Bob Pettit	0.54
Chet Walker	0.54
Dave Bing	0.54
Dave DeBusschere	0.54
Dolph Schayes	0.54
Ed Macauley	0.54
Elgin Baylor	0.54
George Mikan	0.54
Hal Greer	0.54
Jerry Lucas	0.54
Jerry West	0.54
John Havlicek	0.54
Lenny Wilkens	0.54
Nate Thurmond	0.54
Oscar	0.54
Paul Arizin	0.54
Rick Barry	0.54
Sam Jones	0.54
Walt Bellamy	0.54
Willis Reed	0.54
Wilt	0.54
Zelmo Beaty	0.54
T-Mac	0.53
George Gervin	0.53
D Wade	0.52
Dirk	0.51
Bill Laimbeer	0.49
Dave Cowens	0.49
Jack Sikma	0.49
Jokic	0.48
LeBron	0.46
Buck Williams	0.45
David Thompson	0.45
Pippen	0.45
Karl Malone	0.44
Chuck	0.43
MJ	0.43
Sam Perkins	0.43
Marques Johnson	0.40
Larry	0.40
Kawhi	0.40
Vince	0.39
Alex English	0.38
Clyde Drexler	0.37
James Worthy	0.37
Paul Pierce	0.36
Eddie Jones	0.36
Grant Hill	0.35
Dennis Rodman	0.34
Iggy	0.33
Klay	0.33
Harden	0.33
Wes Unseld	0.33
Mullin	0.33
Dominique	0.32
Melo	0.31
Jimmy	0.31
Blake	0.31
Kobe	0.29
Dan Issel	0.28
Nate McMillan	0.27
K Love	0.27
Paul George	0.27
Kyrie	0.25
AC Green	0.24
Doc Rivers	0.24
Otis Thorpe	0.23
Alvin Robertson	0.23
Manu	0.21
D Rose	0.21
Magic	0.20
Kyle Lowry	0.19
Terrell Brandon	0.19
Dame	0.19
Russ	0.19
Kidd	0.18
Sidney Moncrief	0.17
Earl Monroe	0.17
Mookie Blaylock	0.17
Detlef Schrempf	0.17
Fat Lever	0.16
Mo Cheeks	0.16
Pistol Pete	0.15
IT	0.15
Steph	0.13
Jason Terry	0.13
Kevin Johnson	0.12
Joe Johnson	0.12
Jeff Hornacek	0.12
Stockton	0.12
Andre Miller	0.12
Ray Allen	0.12
Chauncey	0.12
Gary Payton	0.11
Rod Strickland	0.11
Reggie	0.11
AI	0.11
Walt Frazier	0.10
Adrian Dantley	0.09
Chris Paul	0.09
Rajon Rondo	0.09
Tim Hardaway	0.08
Terry Porter	0.07
Tony Parker	0.06
Nash	0.06
Tiny Archibald	0.06
Mark Price	0.06

And now our cumulative leaderboard, which will include changes in both steals and blocks.

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
Wilt	15.80
Larry	15.39
LeBron	15.27
Jokic	15.08
Magic	14.83
AD	14.81
David Robinson	14.80
MJ	14.80
George Mikan	14.64
Chuck	14.56
Hakeem	14.55
KAT	14.52
Russ	14.43
Giannis	14.40
Harden	14.34
Chris Paul	14.30
KD	14.13
Steph	14.09
Shaq	14.04
Bob Pettit	14.04
Karl Malone	13.98
Dr J	13.89
CWebb	13.82
Tim Duncan	13.78
KG	13.76
Kareem	13.70
Oscar	13.62
Bill Russell	13.47
Clyde Drexler	13.46
Stockton	13.44
Dwight	13.36
Elgin Baylor	13.36
AI	13.34
Kobe	13.29
Kidd	13.27
Kawhi	13.18
Rick Barry	13.16
K Love	13.14
Ewing	13.03
T-Mac	13.02
Gobert	13.01
Walt Bellamy	13.01
D Wade	13.00
Artis Gilmore	12.99
Billy Cunningham	12.96
Jerry Lucas	12.95
Dame	12.94
Dirk	12.93
Pau	12.90
Jerry West	12.86
Dolph Schayes	12.84
Paul George	12.82
Kyrie	12.80
Tim Hardaway	12.80
Pippen	12.79
Bob Lanier	12.79
Blake	12.72
Alonzo Mourning	12.70
Yao	12.62
Dominique	12.59
Shawn Marion	12.57
Paul Pierce	12.54
Kevin Johnson	12.52
Moses	12.52
Elvin Hayes	12.51
IT	12.50
Jack Sikma	12.49
Willis Reed	12.42
Fat Lever	12.41
Nate Thurmond	12.40
Bosh	12.39
Bill Walton	12.37
Horford	12.36
Jimmy	12.35
Mookie Blaylock	12.29
Gary Payton	12.27
Paul Arizin	12.26
Nash	12.25
Bob McAdoo	12.19
Marc Gasol	12.17
Dave Cowens	12.17
LaMarcus Aldridge	12.13
Kyle Lowry	12.12
Melo	12.08
Larry Nance	12.08
Alvin Robertson	12.08
Ed Macauley	12.08
AK47	12.06
Wes Unseld	12.06
Dray	12.05
Millsap	12.03
George Gervin	12.02
Dan Issel	12.01
Vlade Divac	11.99
Bob Cousy	11.99
Mark Price	11.99
Elton Brand	11.98
Grant Hill	11.94
Mullin	11.88
Bill Laimbeer	11.81
Terrell Brandon	11.79
Bailey Howell	11.79
Ray Allen	11.74
Sheed Wallace	11.70
John Havlicek	11.70
Pistol Pete	11.66
Manu	11.65
Dave DeBusschere	11.64
Chauncey	11.64
Marques Johnson	11.63
Rajon Rondo	11.62
McHale	11.59
Dikembe	11.56
Eddie Jones	11.56
Jeff Hornacek	11.55
Dennis Rodman	11.54
Vince	11.54
Rod Strickland	11.53
Dave Bing	11.44
Reggie	11.40
Detlef Schrempf	11.40
David Thompson	11.37
Lenny Wilkens	11.37
Zelmo Beaty	11.36
Terry Porter	11.35
Doc Rivers	11.34
Alex English	11.31
Robert Parish	11.26
Chet Walker	11.23
Nate McMillan	11.21
Adrian Dantley	11.19
Iggy	11.07
Sidney Moncrief	11.06
Bill Sharman	11.06
Andre Miller	11.06
D Rose	11.05
Mo Cheeks	11.03
Buck Williams	10.98
Klay	10.97
Tiny Archibald	10.94
Walt Frazier	10.93
Sam Perkins	10.92
Hal Greer	10.88
James Worthy	10.84
Horace Grant	10.83
Bobby Jones	10.81
Clifford Robinson	10.76
Tony Parker	10.75
Sam Jones	10.62
Tyson Chandler	10.61
Joe Johnson	10.59
Jason Terry	10.52
Otis Thorpe	10.43
AC Green	10.22
Mark Eaton	9.81
Tree Rollins	9.67
Earl Monroe	9.31

We see our top five maintained while AD, David Robinson, and Hakeem jump into the top 11. On the other side of things, Scottie Pippen remains outside of the top 50 at 55, joined by Moses Malone (64), Steve Nash (78), Melo (84), Draymond (90), Ray Allen (103), Vince Carter (117), Reggie Miller (120), and Klay Thompson (139).

Fouls (1)

This is going to be a very quick and low-value category. On the one hand, the difference between someone who consistently tosses up a few fouls a game and someone who rarely fouls is important enough to take into account. On the other hand, the still lacking importance of individual fouling stats – from the relative ease with which a “fouling problem” can be overcome by other areas of the game (see Giannis and his charges as a modern example) to the low volume of fouls to the fact that there are a number of fouls every game that lead to nothing but the other team getting the ball on the sideline – means that we won’t give much of a value here. There are also very few stats that we can look at when it comes to fouls; we just have fouls per game and per 36. Lastly, we have to consider that an increase in fouls can be due to an increased defensive (or offensive in the case of a bulldozer like Giannis) role. This is essentially the same thing we talked about with turnovers. These comparisons don’t work too well in a vacuum because the guy who guards the best player on the other team is probably going to have more fouls than the guy who guards the shooter in the corner. That’s a role-based determination more than anything. All of this is to say that you ideally foul less than more, which isn’t a meaningless distinction, but there are plenty of factors to consider that should stop us from putting too much weight on foul stats. One piece of good news – fouls have been recorded every year of league history, which makes that piece of the puzzle an easy one to deal with.

Subcategories:

• Pure Volume (1) – Fouls per game (0.6), Fouls per 36 minutes (0.4)

We’ll start with simple fouls per game, and we will adjust for era here as well. Someone averaging four fouls in an era where twenty were called per game is different from someone averaging four fouls in an era where thirty were called per game. For dishing out goat points, we’ll use the same method we used for turnovers since less is more here. We take the number of goat points (0.6 here) and divide it by a multiplier greater than 1 that we create by dividing someone’s era-adjusted foul number by the leader in the clubhouse’s number (Mark Price’s 1.62).

Player	FPG	Multiplier	EA FPG	GOAT POINTS
Mark Price	1.3	1.247142756	1.62	0.60
D Rose	1.3	1.422794043	1.85	0.53
Jimmy	1.4	1.434399387	2.01	0.48
Terry Porter	1.7	1899-12	2.13	0.46
Nash	1.6	1.338959842	2.14	0.45
Tony Parker	1.6	1899-12	2.20	0.44
Sam Jones	2	1.105494201	2.21	0.44
Wilt	2	1.131432961	2.26	0.43
Terrell Brandon	1.8	1.280534602	2.30	0.42
Dominique	1.9	1.223751358	2.33	0.42
AC Green	1.9	1.245837427	2.37	0.41
Kidd	1.8	1.325667297	2.39	0.41
T-Mac	1.8	1.330150662	2.39	0.41
Mookie Blaylock	1.9	1.27410088	2.42	0.40
Rod Strickland	1.9	1.277631347	2.43	0.40
Kawhi	1.7	1.43090055	2.43	0.40
Sidney Moncrief	2.1	1.169240769	2.46	0.40
Jason Terry	1.8	1.3660017	2.46	0.40
Mo Cheeks	2.1	1.18052705	2.48	0.39
AI	1.9	1.313909661	2.50	0.39
Joe Johnson	1.8	1.388129644	2.50	0.39
LeBron	1.8	1.393217423	2.51	0.39
Iggy	1.8	1.395852036	2.51	0.39
James Worthy	2.1	1.203324022	2.53	0.38
Reggie	2	1.27304187	2.55	0.38
Mullin	2.1	1.245837427	2.62	0.37
Kevin Johnson	2.1	1.255657821	2.64	0.37
Bob Cousy	2.4	1.104205373	2.65	0.37
Tiny Archibald	2.3	1.165192317	2.68	0.36
KD	1.9	1.419369678	2.70	0.36
Magic	2.3	1.175620241	2.70	0.36
Dame	1.9	1.43090055	2.72	0.36
AK47	2	1.365236386	2.73	0.36
Jeff Hornacek	2.2	1.249932991	2.75	0.35
Chauncey	2.1	1.341065279	2.82	0.35
Moses	2.4	1.185076276	2.84	0.34
K Love	2	1.422794043	2.85	0.34
Ed Macauley	2.6	1.097453742	2.85	0.34
Fat Lever	2.4	1.203324022	2.89	0.34
Pau	2.1	1.3780273	2.89	0.34
Manu	2.1	1.379250651	2.90	0.34
Alex English	2.5	1.163662895	2.91	0.33
Tim Hardaway	2.3	1.277458025	2.94	0.33
Ray Allen	2.2	1.338959842	2.95	0.33
Larry	2.5	1.179091271	2.95	0.33
Jerry West	2.6	1.137510392	2.96	0.33
Rajon Rondo	2.1	1.411740155	2.96	0.33
Marques Johnson	2.6	1.142444486	2.97	0.33
Bill Sharman	2.7	1.100681601	2.97	0.33
Shawn Marion	2.2	1.352552545	2.98	0.33
Andre Miller	2.2	1.356444702	2.98	0.33
Chet Walker	2.6	1.147979592	2.98	0.33
John Havlicek	2.6	1.148171206	2.99	0.33
Bill Russell	2.7	1.108718521	2.99	0.32
Klay	2.1	1.434399387	3.01	0.32
Walt Frazier	2.6	1.168972732	3.04	0.32
Earl Monroe	2.6	1.168972732	3.04	0.32
D Wade	2.2	1899-12	3.04	0.32
Grant Hill	2.3	1.325667297	3.05	0.32
Horace Grant	2.4	1899-12	3.06	0.32
David Thompson	2.7	1.137240588	3.07	0.32
Gary Payton	2.4	1.284055689	3.08	0.32
Sam Perkins	2.5	1.240589726	3.10	0.31
Nate Thurmond	2.7	1.151442132	3.11	0.31
Horford	2.2	1.419369678	3.12	0.31
Adrian Dantley	2.7	1.163662895	3.14	0.31
Oscar	2.8	1.137510392	3.19	0.31
Bobby Jones	2.8	1.147118181	3.21	0.30
Bill Walton	2.8	1.147213654	3.21	0.30
Dr J	2.8	1.148675583	3.22	0.30
KG	2.4	1.342757755	3.22	0.30
MJ	2.6	1.243166061	3.23	0.30
Tim Duncan	2.4	1.349609027	3.24	0.30
Stockton	2.6	1.251032465	3.25	0.30
Dirk	2.4	1.363300954	3.27	0.30
Wes Unseld	2.8	1899-12	3.28	0.30
AD	2.3	1.43090055	3.29	0.30
Bosh	2.4	1.373264395	3.30	0.29
Kyrie	2.3	1.434399387	3.30	0.29
Pistol Pete	2.8	1.182476636	3.31	0.29
McHale	2.8	1.183787536	3.31	0.29
Dan Issel	2.9	1.145696132	3.32	0.29
Jerry Lucas	2.9	1.148259745	3.33	0.29
Robert Parish	2.8	1.19389479	3.34	0.29
Eddie Jones	2.6	1.294501577	3.37	0.29
Chris Paul	2.4	1.403000022	3.37	0.29
Kobe	2.5	1.347286947	3.37	0.29
Dave Bing	2.9	1.164767864	3.38	0.29
LaMarcus Aldridge	2.4	1899-12	3.39	0.29
Steph	2.4	1.426745233	3.42	0.28
Rick Barry	3	1.144750546	3.43	0.28
Tree Rollins	2.9	1.187421784	3.44	0.28
Larry Nance	2.9	1.1953173	3.47	0.28
Elgin Baylor	3.1	1.120328276	3.47	0.28
Kareem	3	1.167265363	3.50	0.28
Lenny Wilkens	3.1	1.140688711	3.54	0.27
Vince	2.6	1.364269792	3.55	0.27
George Gervin	3.1	1.148134812	3.56	0.27
Bob Pettit	3.2	1.112963464	3.56	0.27
Pippen	2.8	1.272965728	3.56	0.27
IT	3	1.1953173	3.59	0.27
Dikembe	2.8	1.296134697	3.63	0.27
Dave DeBusschere	3.2	1.144879125	3.66	0.27
Paul Pierce	2.7	1.35811018	3.67	0.27
Clyde Drexler	3	1.22543172	3.68	0.26
Russ	2.6	1.422794043	3.70	0.26
David Robinson	2.9	1.277458025	3.70	0.26
Bob McAdoo	3.2	1.157964945	3.71	0.26
Harden	2.6	1.426745233	3.71	0.26
Gobert	2.6	1.428273338	3.71	0.26
Elvin Hayes	3.2	1.16184466	3.72	0.26
Bob Lanier	3.2	1899-12	3.73	0.26
Dolph Schayes	3.4	1.097896838	3.73	0.26
Detlef Schrempf	3	1.245837427	3.74	0.26
Nate McMillan	3	1.247142756	3.74	0.26
Doc Rivers	3.1	1.21481493	3.77	0.26
Kyle Lowry	2.7	1.411740155	3.81	0.26
Chuck	3.1	1.237409095	3.84	0.25
Hal Greer	3.4	1.12985025	3.84	0.25
Clifford Robinson	3	1.28138879	3.84	0.25
Tyson Chandler	2.8	1.378374042	3.86	0.25
Sheed Wallace	2.9	1.331230373	3.86	0.25
Paul George	2.7	1.430808134	3.86	0.25
Blake	2.7	1.430808134	3.86	0.25
Dennis Rodman	3.1	1.249932991	3.87	0.25
Walt Bellamy	3.4	1.145407414	3.89	0.25
Melo	2.8	1.393217423	3.90	0.25
Karl Malone	3.1	1.260988669	3.91	0.25
Artis Gilmore	3.4	1.151401769	3.91	0.25
Elton Brand	2.9	1899-12	3.93	0.25
Buck Williams	3.3	1.212100732	4.00	0.24
Dray	2.8	1.43090055	4.01	0.24
Jokic	2.8	1.43391616	4.01	0.24
Zelmo Beaty	3.6	1.122108043	4.04	0.24
Bill Laimbeer	3.4	1.191895376	4.05	0.24
Mark Eaton	3.4	1.194780997	4.06	0.24
Jack Sikma	3.5	1899-12	4.08	0.24
Otis Thorpe	3.3	1.240589726	4.09	0.24
Vlade Divac	3.2	1.281533939	4.10	0.24
Marc Gasol	2.9	1.419209912	4.12	0.24
Bailey Howell	3.7	1899-12	4.12	0.24
CWebb	3.2	1.294687958	4.14	0.23
Alvin Robertson	3.4	1.223026252	4.16	0.23
Millsap	3	1.411740155	4.24	0.23
Billy Cunningham	3.7	1.147814909	4.25	0.23
Ewing	3.4	1.252464083	4.26	0.23
Willis Reed	3.7	1.155623033	4.28	0.23
Giannis	3	1.428273338	4.28	0.23
Paul Arizin	3.9	1.101622227	4.30	0.23
Dwight	3.1	1.395852036	4.33	0.22
Hakeem	3.5	1.247139773	4.36	0.22
Alonzo Mourning	3.4	1.291356168	4.39	0.22
Yao	3.3	1.334870967	4.41	0.22
Shaq	3.4	1.305390633	4.44	0.22
Dave Cowens	3.8	1.177251488	4.47	0.22
George Mikan	4.2	1.079104666	4.53	0.21
KAT	3.4	1.43391616	4.88	0.20

We can then do the same thing with fouls per 36. There are 0.4 goat points on the line here. Wilt sitting at the top is pretty crazy. I don’t know how much of that speaks to a lack of defensive effort, a favorable whistle, or just a skill for avoiding fouls, but it’s an impressive place to be for a seven-footer regardless. There are a number of players that rank highly here that you would think would be in positions to foul with relative frequency given matchups and all of that, and I think it’s probably fair to say that they’re not all just incredibly gifted at playing hands-free defense…

Also, shoutout to Tree Rollins for averaging more than 5 fouls per 36 minutes even before the era adjustment. That’s an impressive dedication to the craft of the personal foul.

Player	FP36	Multiplier	EA FP36	GOAT POINTS
Wilt	1.6	1.131432961	1.81	0.40
D Rose	1.4	1.422794043	1.99	0.36
Mark Price	1.6	1.247142756	2.00	0.36
AI	1.7	1.313909661	2.23	0.32
Jimmy	1.6	1.434399387	2.30	0.32
Dominique	1.9	1.223751358	2.33	0.31
LeBron	1.7	1.393217423	2.37	0.31
Kidd	1.8	1.325667297	2.39	0.30
Joe Johnson	1.8	1.388129644	2.50	0.29
Nash	1.9	1.338959842	2.54	0.28
Mookie Blaylock	2	1.27410088	2.55	0.28
Bill Russell	2.3	1.108718521	2.55	0.28
Magic	2.2	1.175620241	2.59	0.28
Tony Parker	1.9	1899-12	2.62	0.28
T-Mac	2	1.330150662	2.66	0.27
Reggie	2.1	1.27304187	2.67	0.27
Tiny Archibald	2.3	1.165192317	2.68	0.27
KD	1.9	1.419369678	2.70	0.27
Mo Cheeks	2.3	1.18052705	2.72	0.27
Dame	1.9	1.43090055	2.72	0.27
Oscar	2.4	1.137510392	2.73	0.27
Jerry West	2.4	1.137510392	2.73	0.27
Ed Macauley	2.5	1.097453742	2.74	0.26
Terry Porter	2.2	1899-12	2.76	0.26
Bob Cousy	2.5	1.104205373	2.76	0.26
Kevin Johnson	2.2	1.255657821	2.76	0.26
Iggy	2	1.395852036	2.79	0.26
Rod Strickland	2.2	1.277631347	2.81	0.26
Terrell Brandon	2.2	1.280534602	2.82	0.26
Larry	2.4	1.179091271	2.83	0.26
Kawhi	2	1.43090055	2.86	0.25
Mullin	2.3	1.245837427	2.87	0.25
John Havlicek	2.5	1.148171206	2.87	0.25
Sam Jones	2.6	1.105494201	2.87	0.25
James Worthy	2.4	1.203324022	2.89	0.25
Walt Frazier	2.5	1.168972732	2.92	0.25
Sidney Moncrief	2.5	1.169240769	2.92	0.25
Ray Allen	2.2	1.338959842	2.95	0.25
Moses	2.5	1.185076276	2.96	0.24
MJ	2.4	1.243166061	2.98	0.24
AC Green	2.4	1.245837427	2.99	0.24
Nate Thurmond	2.6	1.151442132	2.99	0.24
Jason Terry	2.2	1.3660017	3.01	0.24
Tim Hardaway	2.4	1.277458025	3.07	0.24
Marques Johnson	2.7	1.142444486	3.08	0.23
Jerry Lucas	2.7	1.148259745	3.10	0.23
Shawn Marion	2.3	1.352552545	3.11	0.23
Jeff Hornacek	2.5	1.249932991	3.12	0.23
Elgin Baylor	2.8	1.120328276	3.14	0.23
Adrian Dantley	2.7	1.163662895	3.14	0.23
Pau	2.3	1.3780273	3.17	0.23
D Wade	2.3	1899-12	3.18	0.23
Gary Payton	2.5	1.284055689	3.21	0.23
Dr J	2.8	1.148675583	3.22	0.23
Chauncey	2.4	1.341065279	3.22	0.22
Fat Lever	2.7	1.203324022	3.25	0.22
K Love	2.3	1.422794043	3.27	0.22
AK47	2.4	1.365236386	3.28	0.22
Wes Unseld	2.8	1899-12	3.28	0.22
Bosh	2.4	1.373264395	3.30	0.22
David Thompson	2.9	1.137240588	3.30	0.22
Klay	2.3	1.434399387	3.30	0.22
Bill Sharman	3	1.100681601	3.30	0.22
Horace Grant	2.6	1899-12	3.31	0.22
Pistol Pete	2.8	1.182476636	3.31	0.22
Grant Hill	2.5	1.325667297	3.31	0.22
Rick Barry	2.9	1.144750546	3.32	0.22
Chet Walker	2.9	1.147979592	3.33	0.22
Bob Pettit	3	1.112963464	3.34	0.22
KG	2.5	1.342757755	3.36	0.22
Kobe	2.5	1.347286947	3.37	0.21
Tim Duncan	2.5	1.349609027	3.37	0.21
Alex English	2.9	1.163662895	3.37	0.21
Dave Bing	2.9	1.164767864	3.38	0.21
Kareem	2.9	1.167265363	3.39	0.21
Earl Monroe	2.9	1.168972732	3.39	0.21
Dirk	2.5	1.363300954	3.41	0.21
Dan Issel	3	1.145696132	3.44	0.21
Kyrie	2.4	1.434399387	3.44	0.21
Elvin Hayes	3	1.16184466	3.49	0.21
Eddie Jones	2.7	1.294501577	3.50	0.21
Chris Paul	2.5	1.403000022	3.51	0.21
Andre Miller	2.6	1.356444702	3.53	0.21
Rajon Rondo	2.5	1.411740155	3.53	0.21
Lenny Wilkens	3.1	1.140688711	3.54	0.20
Horford	2.5	1.419369678	3.55	0.20
Steph	2.5	1.426745233	3.57	0.20
AD	2.5	1.43090055	3.58	0.20
IT	3	1.1953173	3.59	0.20
Dave DeBusschere	3.2	1.144879125	3.66	0.20
LaMarcus Aldridge	2.6	1899-12	3.67	0.20
Pippen	2.9	1.272965728	3.69	0.20
Chuck	3	1.237409095	3.71	0.20
Stockton	3	1.251032465	3.75	0.19
Walt Bellamy	3.3	1.145407414	3.78	0.19
Karl Malone	3	1.260988669	3.78	0.19
George Gervin	3.3	1.148134812	3.79	0.19
Larry Nance	3.2	1.1953173	3.83	0.19
David Robinson	3	1.277458025	3.83	0.19
Russ	2.7	1.422794043	3.84	0.19
Dolph Schayes	3.5	1.097896838	3.84	0.19
Sam Perkins	3.1	1.240589726	3.85	0.19
Harden	2.7	1.426745233	3.85	0.19
McHale	3.3	1.183787536	3.91	0.19
Clyde Drexler	3.2	1.22543172	3.92	0.18
Paul Pierce	2.9	1.35811018	3.94	0.18
Hal Greer	3.5	1.12985025	3.95	0.18
Bob Lanier	3.4	1899-12	3.96	0.18
Paul Arizin	3.6	1.101622227	3.97	0.18
Paul George	2.8	1.430808134	4.01	0.18
Bill Walton	3.5	1.147213654	4.02	0.18
Artis Gilmore	3.5	1.151401769	4.03	0.18
Melo	2.9	1.393217423	4.04	0.18
Bob McAdoo	3.5	1.157964945	4.05	0.18
Manu	3	1.379250651	4.14	0.17
CWebb	3.2	1.294687958	4.14	0.17
Robert Parish	3.5	1.19389479	4.18	0.17
Vince	3.1	1.364269792	4.23	0.17
Dave Cowens	3.6	1.177251488	4.24	0.17
Bobby Jones	3.7	1.147118181	4.24	0.17
Sheed Wallace	3.2	1.331230373	4.26	0.17
Dikembe	3.3	1.296134697	4.28	0.17
Blake	3	1.430808134	4.29	0.17
Elton Brand	3.2	1899-12	4.34	0.17
Billy Cunningham	3.8	1.147814909	4.36	0.17
Buck Williams	3.6	1.212100732	4.36	0.17
Dennis Rodman	3.5	1.249932991	4.37	0.17
Zelmo Beaty	3.9	1.122108043	4.38	0.17
Kyle Lowry	3.1	1.411740155	4.38	0.17
Willis Reed	3.8	1.155623033	4.39	0.16
Jack Sikma	3.8	1899-12	4.43	0.16
Gobert	3.1	1.428273338	4.43	0.16
Clifford Robinson	3.5	1.28138879	4.48	0.16
Detlef Schrempf	3.6	1.245837427	4.49	0.16
Hakeem	3.6	1.247139773	4.49	0.16
Ewing	3.6	1.252464083	4.51	0.16
Marc Gasol	3.2	1.419209912	4.54	0.16
Bailey Howell	4.1	1899-12	4.56	0.16
Otis Thorpe	3.7	1.240589726	4.59	0.16
George Mikan	4.3	1.079104666	4.64	0.16
Alvin Robertson	3.8	1.223026252	4.65	0.16
Bill Laimbeer	3.9	1.191895376	4.65	0.16
Shaq	3.6	1.305390633	4.70	0.15
Giannis	3.3	1.428273338	4.71	0.15
Jokic	3.3	1.43391616	4.73	0.15
Yao	3.6	1.334870967	4.81	0.15
Vlade Divac	3.8	1.281533939	4.87	0.15
Doc Rivers	4.1	1.21481493	4.98	0.15
Dray	3.5	1.43090055	5.01	0.14
Mark Eaton	4.2	1.194780997	5.02	0.14
Dwight	3.6	1.395852036	5.03	0.14
Alonzo Mourning	3.9	1.291356168	5.04	0.14
Tyson Chandler	3.7	1.378374042	5.10	0.14
KAT	3.6	1.43391616	5.16	0.14
Nate McMillan	4.2	1.247142756	5.24	0.14
Millsap	3.8	1.411740155	5.36	0.13
Tree Rollins	5.1	1.187421784	6.06	0.12

And that’s all she wrote on fouls. Here’s our overall fouls leaderboard –

Player	FOUL GOAT POINTS
Mark Price	0.96
D Rose	0.89
Wilt	0.83
Jimmy	0.80
Nash	0.74
Dominique	0.73
Terry Porter	0.72
Tony Parker	0.72
AI	0.71
Kidd	0.71
LeBron	0.69
Sam Jones	0.69
Mookie Blaylock	0.69
Joe Johnson	0.68
Terrell Brandon	0.68
T-Mac	0.68
Mo Cheeks	0.66
Rod Strickland	0.66
AC Green	0.65
Reggie	0.65
Kawhi	0.65
Iggy	0.65
Sidney Moncrief	0.64
Magic	0.64
Jason Terry	0.64
James Worthy	0.64
Tiny Archibald	0.63
Kevin Johnson	0.63
Bob Cousy	0.63
KD	0.63
Mullin	0.62
Dame	0.62
Bill Russell	0.61
Ed Macauley	0.60
Jerry West	0.59
Moses	0.59
Larry	0.59
Jeff Hornacek	0.59
John Havlicek	0.58
AK47	0.58
Ray Allen	0.58
Oscar	0.57
Chauncey	0.57
Walt Frazier	0.57
Tim Hardaway	0.57
Pau	0.56
K Love	0.56
Marques Johnson	0.56
Fat Lever	0.56
Shawn Marion	0.56
Nate Thurmond	0.55
Alex English	0.55
D Wade	0.55
Bill Sharman	0.55
MJ	0.54
Chet Walker	0.54
Klay	0.54
Gary Payton	0.54
Adrian Dantley	0.54
Grant Hill	0.54
Horace Grant	0.54
David Thompson	0.54
Earl Monroe	0.53
Rajon Rondo	0.53
Andre Miller	0.53
Dr J	0.53
Jerry Lucas	0.53
KG	0.52
Wes Unseld	0.52
Horford	0.52
Tim Duncan	0.51
Bosh	0.51
Pistol Pete	0.51
Elgin Baylor	0.51
Manu	0.51
Dirk	0.51
Kyrie	0.50
Kobe	0.50
Dan Issel	0.50
Dave Bing	0.50
Sam Perkins	0.50
Rick Barry	0.50
AD	0.50
Eddie Jones	0.50
Chris Paul	0.50
Stockton	0.49
Kareem	0.49
Bob Pettit	0.49
Steph	0.49
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.48
Bill Walton	0.48
Lenny Wilkens	0.48
McHale	0.48
Bobby Jones	0.47
IT	0.47
Larry Nance	0.47
Elvin Hayes	0.47
Pippen	0.47
George Gervin	0.46
Robert Parish	0.46
Dave DeBusschere	0.46
David Robinson	0.45
Russ	0.45
Harden	0.45
Clyde Drexler	0.45
Paul Pierce	0.45
Dolph Schayes	0.45
Chuck	0.45
Vince	0.45
Bob Lanier	0.44
Walt Bellamy	0.44
Bob McAdoo	0.44
Karl Malone	0.44
Dikembe	0.44
Hal Greer	0.44
Paul George	0.43
Melo	0.43
Artis Gilmore	0.43
Gobert	0.43
Sheed Wallace	0.42
Detlef Schrempf	0.42
Kyle Lowry	0.42
Blake	0.42
Dennis Rodman	0.42
Clifford Robinson	0.41
Elton Brand	0.41
CWebb	0.41
Buck Williams	0.41
Paul Arizin	0.41
Zelmo Beaty	0.41
Doc Rivers	0.40
Jack Sikma	0.40
Tree Rollins	0.40
Nate McMillan	0.40
Bill Laimbeer	0.40
Marc Gasol	0.40
Otis Thorpe	0.40
Jokic	0.40
Billy Cunningham	0.39
Bailey Howell	0.39
Tyson Chandler	0.39
Willis Reed	0.39
Alvin Robertson	0.39
Ewing	0.39
Dave Cowens	0.39
Dray	0.39
Vlade Divac	0.39
Hakeem	0.38
Mark Eaton	0.38
Giannis	0.38
Shaq	0.37
Yao	0.37
George Mikan	0.37
Dwight	0.37
Alonzo Mourning	0.37
Millsap	0.36
KAT	0.34

And we’ll do a cumulative leaderboard here too. Not much has changed obviously given that everyone got less than a point here. But there’s not much of a connection between fouls and our next category – which is a big one in longevity – so let’s just see exactly where we stand before we get there.

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
Wilt	16.63
Larry	15.98
LeBron	15.96
Jokic	15.48
Magic	15.47
MJ	15.34
AD	15.31
David Robinson	15.25
George Mikan	15.01
Chuck	15.01
Hakeem	14.93
Russ	14.88
KAT	14.86
Chris Paul	14.80
Harden	14.79
Giannis	14.78
KD	14.76
Steph	14.58
Bob Pettit	14.53
Karl Malone	14.42
Dr J	14.42
Shaq	14.41
Tim Duncan	14.29
KG	14.28
CWebb	14.23
Kareem	14.19
Oscar	14.19
Bill Russell	14.08
AI	14.05
Kidd	13.98
Stockton	13.93
Clyde Drexler	13.91
Elgin Baylor	13.87
Kawhi	13.83
Kobe	13.79
Dwight	13.73
K Love	13.70
T-Mac	13.70
Rick Barry	13.66
Dame	13.56
D Wade	13.55
Jerry Lucas	13.48
Pau	13.46
Jerry West	13.45
Walt Bellamy	13.45
Dirk	13.44
Gobert	13.44
Ewing	13.42
Artis Gilmore	13.42
Tim Hardaway	13.37
Billy Cunningham	13.35
Dominique	13.32
Kyrie	13.30
Dolph Schayes	13.29
Pippen	13.26
Paul George	13.25
Bob Lanier	13.23
Kevin Johnson	13.15
Jimmy	13.15
Blake	13.14
Shawn Marion	13.13
Moses	13.11
Alonzo Mourning	13.07
Yao	12.99
Paul Pierce	12.99
Nash	12.99
Elvin Hayes	12.98
Mookie Blaylock	12.98
IT	12.97
Fat Lever	12.97
Nate Thurmond	12.95
Mark Price	12.95
Bosh	12.90
Jack Sikma	12.89
Horford	12.88
Bill Walton	12.85
Willis Reed	12.81
Gary Payton	12.81
Ed Macauley	12.68
Paul Arizin	12.67
AK47	12.64
Bob McAdoo	12.63
Bob Cousy	12.62
LaMarcus Aldridge	12.61
Wes Unseld	12.58
Marc Gasol	12.57
Dave Cowens	12.56
Larry Nance	12.55
Kyle Lowry	12.54
Dan Issel	12.51
Melo	12.51
Mullin	12.50
George Gervin	12.48
Grant Hill	12.48
Alvin Robertson	12.47
Terrell Brandon	12.47
Dray	12.44
Millsap	12.39
Elton Brand	12.39
Vlade Divac	12.38
Ray Allen	12.32
John Havlicek	12.28
Chauncey	12.21
Bill Laimbeer	12.21
Marques Johnson	12.19
Rod Strickland	12.19
Bailey Howell	12.18
Pistol Pete	12.17
Manu	12.16
Rajon Rondo	12.15
Jeff Hornacek	12.14
Sheed Wallace	12.12
Dave DeBusschere	12.10
Terry Porter	12.07
McHale	12.07
Eddie Jones	12.06
Reggie	12.05
Dikembe	12.00
Vince	11.99
Dennis Rodman	11.96
Dave Bing	11.94
D Rose	11.94
David Thompson	11.91
Alex English	11.86
Lenny Wilkens	11.85
Detlef Schrempf	11.82
Chet Walker	11.77
Zelmo Beaty	11.77
Doc Rivers	11.74
Adrian Dantley	11.73
Robert Parish	11.72
Iggy	11.72
Sidney Moncrief	11.70
Mo Cheeks	11.69
Nate McMillan	11.61
Bill Sharman	11.61
Andre Miller	11.59
Tiny Archibald	11.57
Klay	11.51
Walt Frazier	11.50
James Worthy	11.48
Tony Parker	11.47
Sam Perkins	11.42
Buck Williams	11.39
Horace Grant	11.37
Hal Greer	11.32
Sam Jones	11.31
Bobby Jones	11.28
Joe Johnson	11.27
Clifford Robinson	11.17
Jason Terry	11.16
Tyson Chandler	11.00
AC Green	10.87
Otis Thorpe	10.83
Mark Eaton	10.19
Tree Rollins	10.07
Earl Monroe	9.84

And here we are. We have a lot of familiar names in the top 30. It will be interesting to see how guys like Jokic and AD – sitting all the way up in the top 10 – will fare as we run through more categories. A few interesting notes – again under the caveat that we still have a long way to go here –

• Kobe is sitting down in 36th. Obviously a guy with plenty to gain from longevity and the postseason, which are coming still, but Bryant tends to be one of the guys we see a pretty big ranking gap with between your average “hooper”-focused fan and the fan more interested in analytics and numbers. Where does he end up?
• Jokic being 4th is obviously a testament to his ability and production (same for AD in 7th), but it is worth noting that these are two guys that are still both relatively young and yet to hit the late-career stat drop that so many experience. Also obviously worth noting that many of the remaining categories likely won’t be particularly kind to either. The same can be said for KAT at 13.
• We will see where Russ and George Mikan end up, but with both sitting in the top 15, it’s worth noting that these two, whether due to era or a controversial late-career run, likely get far less respect than they are due. The same could be said for Bob Pettit at 19.
• I won’t spend too much more time here, but the difference between Dame (40) and Kyrie (53) jumps out to me, especially considering that Dame – minus the one title – likely has an edge on Kyrie in matters of longevity and the like.
• And, as usual, some of the interesting names outside of the top 50 – Pippen (55), Moses Malone (62), Pierce and Nash (65 and 66), Isiah Thomas (69), Melo (91), Draymond (97), Ray Allen (101), Reggie Miller (117), Vince Carter (119), and Klay down in 139th.

Longevity (10)

Longevity is crucial when it comes to the goat discussion. Five great years are great. Ten great years are special. Fifteen great years put you in some rarefied air. And then there’s LeBron with not a whole lot around him. James has been a great player – not always the best in the league but a great player – for eighteen years running now, and he just managed to win Rookie of the Year with a season that the vast majority of the league would be more than happy with the season before that stretch began. That’s the most compelling angle to his GOAT argument. LeBron has been so dang good for a period of time that just leaves you scratching your head. The Year 19!!!! boasts on social media could be done without, but there’s no denying how impressive that longevity has been. And that matters quite a bit. It’s not everything, but it’s a big piece of the puzzle. It’s also worth noting that this is an important check on KAT, AD, Jokic, Giannis, etc. given where they are in their careers. So how do we measure it? Longevity is woven into a lot of the other stats. More years playing at a high level will boost your career averages, which we’ve mostly gone through in full to this point and will continue on with in our advanced metrics sections soon. More of those years also lead to more opportunities for the kind of postseason accomplishments we’ll be covering later on. To some degree, there’s no escaping longevity as we go through these categories. But the full story won’t be told there. There’s the player that didn’t necessarily have elite longevity but retired before the fall off the cliff diminished their averages (or is still playing in their prime). There’s the reverse of that too – the player that played something like 20 years and probably hung on a little too long, leading to a greater decrease in their numbers than their career as a whole deserved. So we can also measure longevity itself, using games and minutes played (both total and per game for the latter). There’s probably something to be said for using games started as a tool to show players that never declined to the point of coming off the bench, but there are difficulties in that given that certain star players might hold on to a starting job longer than they deserve at the end and that a player like Manu Ginobli might be a starting level player that just happened to perfectly fill a different role for a very successful team. Throw in the fact that games started weren’t recorded for the first 20+ years of league history, and there’s not really any great reason to dig into that stat. Years played is another stat that theoretically makes sense to look into, but not every year is equal with injuries, increasing rest, etc. Steph’s five game season in 2020 obviously wasn’t the same as one of his 70+ game seasons. Using games and minutes played takes that difficulty out of the equation and puts the focus solely on how much someone was on the court.

Subcategories:

• Games Played (5)
• Total Minutes Played (3)
• Minutes Per Game (2)

We can start with games played, which is about as simple as it gets.

Player	GP	GOAT POINTS
Robert Parish	1611	5
Kareem	1560	4.84
Vince	1541	4.78
Dirk	1522	4.72
Stockton	1504	4.67
Karl Malone	1476	4.58
KG	1462	4.54
Moses	1455	4.52
Jason Terry	1410	4.38
Tim Duncan	1392	4.32
Kidd	1391	4.32
Reggie	1389	4.31
Clifford Robinson	1380	4.28
LeBron	1366	4.24
Kobe	1346	4.18
Paul Pierce	1343	4.17
Gary Payton	1335	4.14
Artis Gilmore	1329	4.12
Buck Williams	1307	4.06
Andre Miller	1304	4.05
Elvin Hayes	1303	4.04
Ray Allen	1300	4.03
Sam Perkins	1286	3.99
AC Green	1278	3.97
Joe Johnson	1277	3.96
Terry Porter	1274	3.95
John Havlicek	1270	3.94
Melo	1260	3.91
Otis Thorpe	1257	3.90
Tony Parker	1254	3.89
Dr J	1243	3.86
Dwight	1242	3.85
Hakeem	1238	3.84
Pau	1226	3.81
Iggy	1223	3.80
Dan Issel	1218	3.78
Nash	1217	3.78
Shaq	1207	3.75
Dikembe	1196	3.71
Alex English	1193	3.70
Ewing	1183	3.67
Pippen	1178	3.66
Horace Grant	1165	3.62
Shawn Marion	1163	3.61
Tyson Chandler	1160	3.60
Tree Rollins	1156	3.59
Chris Paul	1155	3.58
Detlef Schrempf	1136	3.53
Vlade Divac	1134	3.52
Hal Greer	1122	3.48
Sheed Wallace	1109	3.44
Jack Sikma	1107	3.44
Mo Cheeks	1101	3.42
Rod Strickland	1094	3.40
Clyde Drexler	1086	3.37
Millsap	1085	3.37
Jeff Hornacek	1077	3.34
Lenny Wilkens	1077	3.34
LaMarcus Aldridge	1076	3.34
Dominique	1074	3.33
Chuck	1073	3.33
MJ	1072	3.33
Bill Laimbeer	1068	3.31
George Gervin	1060	3.29
Elton Brand	1058	3.28
Manu	1057	3.28
D Wade	1054	3.27
Wilt	1045	3.24
Walt Bellamy	1043	3.24
Chauncey	1043	3.24
Oscar	1040	3.23
Chet Walker	1032	3.20
Grant Hill	1026	3.18
Kyle Lowry	1023	3.18
Russ	1021	3.17
Rick Barry	1020	3.17
Dolph Schayes	996	3.09
David Robinson	987	3.06
Mullin	986	3.06
Wes Unseld	984	3.05
IT	979	3.04
McHale	971	3.01
Nate Thurmond	964	2.99
Bill Russell	963	2.99
Bob Lanier	959	2.98
Rajon Rondo	957	2.97
Adrian Dantley	955	2.96
Eddie Jones	954	2.96
Bailey Howell	950	2.95
Horford	950	2.95
Harden	942	2.92
Bobby Jones	941	2.92
KD	939	2.91
T-Mac	938	2.91
Jerry West	932	2.89
James Worthy	926	2.87
Earl Monroe	926	2.87
Bob Cousy	924	2.87
Larry Nance	920	2.86
AI	914	2.84
Dennis Rodman	911	2.83
Magic	906	2.81
Dave Bing	901	2.80
Larry	897	2.78
Bosh	893	2.77
Marc Gasol	891	2.77
Zelmo Beaty	889	2.76
Mookie Blaylock	889	2.76
Tiny Archibald	876	2.72
Mark Eaton	875	2.72
Dave DeBusschere	875	2.72
Sam Jones	871	2.70
Tim Hardaway	867	2.69
Doc Rivers	864	2.68
Bob McAdoo	852	2.64
Elgin Baylor	846	2.63
Alonzo Mourning	838	2.60
CWebb	831	2.58
Jerry Lucas	829	2.57
Steph	826	2.56
Walt Frazier	825	2.56
K Love	812	2.52
AK47	797	2.47
Nate McMillan	796	2.47
Bob Pettit	792	2.46
Alvin Robertson	779	2.42
Billy Cunningham	770	2.39
Sidney Moncrief	767	2.38
Dave Cowens	766	2.38
Fat Lever	752	2.33
Paul George	737	2.29
Kevin Johnson	735	2.28
Terrell Brandon	724	2.25
Blake	724	2.25
Mark Price	722	2.24
Paul Arizin	713	2.21
Dame	711	2.21
Bill Sharman	711	2.21
Marques Johnson	691	2.14
Jimmy	690	2.14
Dray	685	2.13
D Rose	672	2.09
Pistol Pete	658	2.04
Giannis	656	2.04
Willis Reed	650	2.02
Klay	647	2.01
Ed Macauley	641	1.99
Kyrie	611	1.90
Gobert	611	1.90
AD	604	1.87
David Thompson	592	1.84
Kawhi	576	1.79
Jokic	527	1.64
Yao	486	1.51
KAT	482	1.50
Bill Walton	468	1.45
George Mikan	439	1.36

Total minutes played is equally simple. There are three goat points on the line here. One small note here – I just have games played and minutes per game collected for everyone, so I’m just going to multiply the two to get minutes played instead of taking the time to gather all that data. Since there’s some rounding involved, the total minutes played numbers might be off by one minute for the occasional player. I’m willing to accept that level of error. Another note (whoops) – minutes played weren’t recorded until 1952. This leaves a few players with a few empty seasons at the start of their careers where we technically don’t know how much they played. So the minutes per game average for George Mikan (the prime example given the shortness of his career) or Bob Cousy is only based on the seasons where we have recorded minutes per game. For someone like Cousy who played fifteen seasons with only one prior to 1952, this is largely irrelevant. But for these guys there will be varying degrees of “our minutes played number is probably a little off but it’s close enough”. Since we’re estimating based on the average minutes played we have access to and games played (which we do know for every year), we won’t be substantially low, but there might be some error that’s a little more significant than one minute in either direction.

Player	MP	GOAT POINTS
Kareem	57408	3.00
Karl Malone	54907	2.87
LeBron	52181	2.73
Dirk	51444	2.69
KG	50439	2.64
Kidd	50076	2.62
Elvin Hayes	50035	2.61
Moses	49470	2.59
Kobe	48591	2.54
Wilt	47861	2.50
Stockton	47827	2.50
Reggie	47643	2.49
Tim Duncan	47328	2.47
Artis Gilmore	47180	2.47
Gary Payton	47126	2.46
John Havlicek	46482	2.43
Vince	46384	2.42
Ray Allen	46280	2.42
Paul Pierce	45931	2.40
Robert Parish	45752	2.39
Dr J	45245	2.36
Hakeem	44197	2.31
Joe Johnson	44184	2.31
Oscar	43888	2.29
Melo	43470	2.27
Clifford Robinson	42504	2.22
Buck Williams	42478	2.22
Jason Terry	42018	2.20
Shaq	41883	2.19
Dan Issel	41777	2.18
Pippen	41112	2.15
MJ	41058	2.15
Pau	40948	2.14
Bill Russell	40735	2.13
Ewing	40577	2.12
Andre Miller	40294	2.11
Shawn Marion	40124	2.10
Chris Paul	39848	2.08
Otis Thorpe	39847	2.08
Hal Greer	39831	2.08
Dwight	39496	2.06
Iggy	39381	2.06
Chuck	39379	2.06
Walt Bellamy	38904	2.03
Horace Grant	38678	2.02
Tony Parker	38247	2.00
Rick Barry	38148	1.99
Dominique	38127	1.99
Nash	38092	1.99
Alex English	38057	1.99
Lenny Wilkens	38018	1.99
Clyde Drexler	37576	1.96
AI	37565	1.96
Jack Sikma	36974	1.93
Dikembe	36837	1.93
Sam Perkins	36651	1.92
AC Green	36551	1.91
Jerry West	36534	1.91
Sheed Wallace	36264	1.90
LaMarcus Aldridge	36261	1.89
Nate Thurmond	35861	1.87
Wes Unseld	35818	1.87
D Wade	35731	1.87
George Gervin	35616	1.86
IT	35538	1.86
Russ	35429	1.85
Terry Porter	35417	1.85
Elton Brand	34914	1.82
Mo Cheeks	34792	1.82
Grant Hill	34781	1.82
KD	34555	1.81
Larry	34445	1.80
Dolph Schayes	34262	1.79
David Robinson	34249	1.79
Adrian Dantley	34189	1.79
Bill Laimbeer	33962	1.77
Jeff Hornacek	33926	1.77
Elgin Baylor	33840	1.77
Vlade Divac	33793	1.77
Detlef Schrempf	33626	1.76
Rod Strickland	33586	1.76
Chet Walker	33437	1.75
Magic	33250	1.74
Chauncey	32959	1.72
Eddie Jones	32818	1.71
Dave Bing	32796	1.71
Kyle Lowry	32634	1.71
Bob Cousy	32617	1.70
Harden	32593	1.70
Jerry Lucas	32165	1.68
Mullin	32144	1.68
Bob Lanier	32127	1.68
Bosh	31969	1.67
Tyson Chandler	31668	1.65
Dave DeBusschere	31238	1.63
Tiny Archibald	31186	1.63
Mookie Blaylock	31026	1.62
Walt Frazier	30938	1.62
CWebb	30830	1.61
Bob Pettit	30730	1.61
Larry Nance	30728	1.61
T-Mac	30673	1.60
Tim Hardaway	30605	1.60
Bailey Howell	30590	1.60
Horford	30590	1.60
Millsap	30489	1.59
McHale	30101	1.57
James Worthy	30002	1.57
Zelmo Beaty	29693	1.55
Earl Monroe	29632	1.55
Dave Cowens	29568	1.55
Dennis Rodman	28879	1.51
Marc Gasol	28690	1.50
Rajon Rondo	28614	1.50
Steph	28332	1.48
Bob McAdoo	28286	1.48
Paul Arizin	27379	1.43
Billy Cunningham	26873	1.40
Manu	26848	1.40
Alonzo Mourning	25978	1.36
Dame	25809	1.35
Bobby Jones	25689	1.34
Mark Eaton	25200	1.32
K Love	25091	1.31
Kevin Johnson	25064	1.31
Paul George	24763	1.29
Alvin Robertson	24694	1.29
Pistol Pete	24346	1.27
Sam Jones	24301	1.27
Tree Rollins	24045	1.26
AK47	23910	1.25
Fat Lever	23838	1.25
Blake	23820	1.24
Marques Johnson	23701	1.24
Doc Rivers	23587	1.23
Sidney Moncrief	23163	1.21
Willis Reed	23075	1.21
Ed Macauley	22884	1.20
Jimmy	22839	1.19
Bill Sharman	22752	1.19
Mark Price	21588	1.13
Terrell Brandon	21575	1.13
Giannis	21386	1.12
D Rose	21302	1.11
Klay	21286	1.11
AD	20778	1.09
Kyrie	20774	1.09
Nate McMillan	20457	1.07
Dray	19523	1.02
David Thompson	19418	1.01
Gobert	18330	0.96
Kawhi	18029	0.94
KAT	16484	0.86
Jokic	16021	0.84
Yao	15795	0.83
George Mikan	15102	0.79
Bill Walton	13244	0.69

Lastly, we have minutes per game. Theoretically, there’s a way to adjust for era here. The concept of player rest is still a relatively new thing, and it’s certainly true that some of today’s players play less minutes per game than their predecessors of similar stature because of shifting concepts of how to manage game load. Anyone that suggested that Giannis or LeBron or Jokic try to play 45 minutes per game like Wilt did would be laughed out of the room. But 1) that’s a difficult thing to measure and adjust for, especially since the rest clearly isn’t something that all modern players rely on (LeBron, KD, Dame, etc.) & 2) I don’t think it’s worth adjusting for anyway. We’re talking longevity. Are you on the court or not?

Player	MPG	GOAT POINTS
Wilt	45.8	2.00
Bill Russell	42.3	1.85
Oscar	42.2	1.84
AI	41.1	1.79
Elgin Baylor	40	1.75
Jerry West	39.2	1.71
Bob Pettit	38.8	1.69
Jerry Lucas	38.8	1.69
Dave Cowens	38.6	1.69
Elvin Hayes	38.4	1.68
Larry	38.4	1.68
Paul Arizin	38.4	1.68
MJ	38.3	1.67
LeBron	38.2	1.67
Walt Frazier	37.5	1.64
Rick Barry	37.4	1.63
Walt Bellamy	37.3	1.63
Karl Malone	37.2	1.62
Nate Thurmond	37.2	1.62
CWebb	37.1	1.62
Pistol Pete	37	1.62
Kareem	36.8	1.61
KD	36.8	1.61
Chuck	36.7	1.60
Magic	36.7	1.60
John Havlicek	36.6	1.60
Dave Bing	36.4	1.59
Dr J	36.4	1.59
Wes Unseld	36.4	1.59
Dame	36.3	1.59
IT	36.3	1.59
Kobe	36.1	1.58
Kidd	36	1.57
Adrian Dantley	35.8	1.56
Bosh	35.8	1.56
Dave DeBusschere	35.7	1.56
Ed Macauley	35.7	1.56
Hakeem	35.7	1.56
Ray Allen	35.6	1.55
Tiny Archibald	35.6	1.55
Artis Gilmore	35.5	1.55
Dominique	35.5	1.55
Hal Greer	35.5	1.55
Willis Reed	35.5	1.55
Bob Cousy	35.3	1.54
Gary Payton	35.3	1.54
Lenny Wilkens	35.3	1.54
Tim Hardaway	35.3	1.54
Billy Cunningham	34.9	1.52
Mookie Blaylock	34.9	1.52
Pippen	34.9	1.52
David Robinson	34.7	1.52
Russ	34.7	1.52
Shaq	34.7	1.52
Clyde Drexler	34.6	1.51
Harden	34.6	1.51
Joe Johnson	34.6	1.51
Chris Paul	34.5	1.51
KG	34.5	1.51
Melo	34.5	1.51
Shawn Marion	34.5	1.51
AD	34.4	1.50
Dolph Schayes	34.4	1.50
Eddie Jones	34.4	1.50
George Mikan	34.4	1.50
Dan Issel	34.3	1.50
Ewing	34.3	1.50
Marques Johnson	34.3	1.50
Reggie	34.3	1.50
Steph	34.3	1.50
KAT	34.2	1.49
Paul Pierce	34.2	1.49
Kevin Johnson	34.1	1.49
Kyrie	34	1.48
Moses	34	1.48
Tim Duncan	34	1.48
D Wade	33.9	1.48
Grant Hill	33.9	1.48
Dirk	33.8	1.48
LaMarcus Aldridge	33.7	1.47
George Gervin	33.6	1.47
Paul George	33.6	1.47
Bob Lanier	33.5	1.46
Jack Sikma	33.4	1.46
Larry Nance	33.4	1.46
Pau	33.4	1.46
Zelmo Beaty	33.4	1.46
Bob McAdoo	33.2	1.45
Horace Grant	33.2	1.45
Jimmy	33.1	1.45
Elton Brand	33	1.44
Blake	32.9	1.44
Klay	32.9	1.44
David Thompson	32.8	1.43
Sheed Wallace	32.7	1.43
T-Mac	32.7	1.43
Giannis	32.6	1.42
Mullin	32.6	1.42
Buck Williams	32.5	1.42
Yao	32.5	1.42
Chet Walker	32.4	1.41
James Worthy	32.4	1.41
Bailey Howell	32.2	1.41
Horford	32.2	1.41
Iggy	32.2	1.41
Marc Gasol	32.2	1.41
Bill Sharman	32	1.40
Earl Monroe	32	1.40
Alex English	31.9	1.39
Kyle Lowry	31.9	1.39
Bill Laimbeer	31.8	1.39
Dwight	31.8	1.39
Stockton	31.8	1.39
Alvin Robertson	31.7	1.38
D Rose	31.7	1.38
Dennis Rodman	31.7	1.38
Fat Lever	31.7	1.38
Otis Thorpe	31.7	1.38
Chauncey	31.6	1.38
Mo Cheeks	31.6	1.38
Jeff Hornacek	31.5	1.38
Kawhi	31.3	1.37
Nash	31.3	1.37
Alonzo Mourning	31	1.35
McHale	31	1.35
Andre Miller	30.9	1.35
K Love	30.9	1.35
Clifford Robinson	30.8	1.34
Dikembe	30.8	1.34
Rod Strickland	30.7	1.34
Tony Parker	30.5	1.33
Jokic	30.4	1.33
Sidney Moncrief	30.2	1.32
Vince	30.1	1.31
AK47	30	1.31
Gobert	30	1.31
Mark Price	29.9	1.31
Rajon Rondo	29.9	1.31
Jason Terry	29.8	1.30
Terrell Brandon	29.8	1.30
Vlade Divac	29.8	1.30
Detlef Schrempf	29.6	1.29
Mark Eaton	28.8	1.26
AC Green	28.6	1.25
Dray	28.5	1.24
Sam Perkins	28.5	1.24
Robert Parish	28.4	1.24
Bill Walton	28.3	1.24
Millsap	28.1	1.23
Sam Jones	27.9	1.22
Terry Porter	27.8	1.21
Bobby Jones	27.3	1.19
Doc Rivers	27.3	1.19
Tyson Chandler	27.3	1.19
Nate McMillan	25.7	1.12
Manu	25.4	1.11
Tree Rollins	20.8	0.91

And that’s that for longevity. Let’s look at the overall leaderboard for it before we move on to our new cumulative leaderboard. There will be some significant changes this time.

Player	LONGEVITY GOAT POINTS
Kareem	9.45
Karl Malone	9.07
Dirk	8.89
KG	8.68
LeBron	8.63
Robert Parish	8.63
Moses	8.59
Stockton	8.56
Vince	8.52
Kidd	8.51
Elvin Hayes	8.34
Reggie	8.30
Kobe	8.29
Tim Duncan	8.28
Gary Payton	8.15
Artis Gilmore	8.14
Paul Pierce	8.06
Ray Allen	8.01
John Havlicek	7.97
Jason Terry	7.87
Clifford Robinson	7.85
Dr J	7.81
Joe Johnson	7.78
Wilt	7.74
Hakeem	7.71
Buck Williams	7.70
Melo	7.69
Andre Miller	7.50
Dan Issel	7.46
Shaq	7.45
Pau	7.40
Otis Thorpe	7.37
Oscar	7.36
Pippen	7.33
Dwight	7.31
Ewing	7.29
Iggy	7.26
Tony Parker	7.22
Shawn Marion	7.21
Chris Paul	7.17
Sam Perkins	7.15
MJ	7.15
Nash	7.13
AC Green	7.13
Hal Greer	7.11
Horace Grant	7.09
Alex English	7.08
Terry Porter	7.02
Chuck	6.99
Dikembe	6.98
Bill Russell	6.96
Walt Bellamy	6.90
Dominique	6.88
Lenny Wilkens	6.87
Clyde Drexler	6.85
Jack Sikma	6.83
Rick Barry	6.79
Sheed Wallace	6.76
LaMarcus Aldridge	6.71
D Wade	6.62
George Gervin	6.62
Mo Cheeks	6.62
AI	6.59
Vlade Divac	6.59
Detlef Schrempf	6.58
Elton Brand	6.55
Russ	6.54
Wes Unseld	6.52
Jerry West	6.51
Rod Strickland	6.49
Jeff Hornacek	6.49
Nate Thurmond	6.49
Grant Hill	6.48
IT	6.48
Bill Laimbeer	6.48
Tyson Chandler	6.45
Dolph Schayes	6.38
David Robinson	6.37
Chet Walker	6.37
Chauncey	6.34
KD	6.33
Adrian Dantley	6.31
Kyle Lowry	6.27
Larry	6.26
Millsap	6.19
Eddie Jones	6.18
Mullin	6.16
Magic	6.15
Elgin Baylor	6.14
Harden	6.14
Bob Lanier	6.12
Bob Cousy	6.11
Dave Bing	6.10
Bosh	6.01
Bailey Howell	5.95
Horford	5.95
Jerry Lucas	5.95
T-Mac	5.94
McHale	5.94
Larry Nance	5.92
Dave DeBusschere	5.91
Mookie Blaylock	5.90
Tiny Archibald	5.90
James Worthy	5.86
Tim Hardaway	5.83
Earl Monroe	5.82
Walt Frazier	5.81
CWebb	5.81
Manu	5.79
Rajon Rondo	5.77
Zelmo Beaty	5.77
Bob Pettit	5.76
Tree Rollins	5.75
Dennis Rodman	5.72
Marc Gasol	5.67
Dave Cowens	5.61
Bob McAdoo	5.57
Steph	5.54
Bobby Jones	5.46
Paul Arizin	5.32
Billy Cunningham	5.32
Alonzo Mourning	5.31
Mark Eaton	5.29
Sam Jones	5.19
K Love	5.18
Dame	5.14
Doc Rivers	5.11
Alvin Robertson	5.09
Kevin Johnson	5.08
Paul George	5.05
AK47	5.03
Fat Lever	4.96
Pistol Pete	4.93
Blake	4.93
Sidney Moncrief	4.91
Marques Johnson	4.88
Bill Sharman	4.79
Jimmy	4.78
Willis Reed	4.77
Ed Macauley	4.74
Terrell Brandon	4.68
Mark Price	4.67
Nate McMillan	4.66
D Rose	4.58
Giannis	4.58
Klay	4.56
Kyrie	4.47
AD	4.46
Dray	4.39
David Thompson	4.28
Gobert	4.16
Kawhi	4.10
KAT	3.85
Jokic	3.80
Yao	3.75
George Mikan	3.65
Bill Walton	3.38

And the new cumulative leaderboard –

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
LeBron	24.59
Wilt	24.37
Kareem	23.64
Karl Malone	23.49
KG	22.96
Hakeem	22.64
Tim Duncan	22.57
Kidd	22.49
Stockton	22.49
MJ	22.49
Dirk	22.33
Larry	22.24
Dr J	22.23
Kobe	22.08
Chuck	22.00
Chris Paul	21.97
Shaq	21.86
Moses	21.70
Magic	21.62
David Robinson	21.62
Artis Gilmore	21.56
Oscar	21.55
Russ	21.42
Elvin Hayes	21.32
KD	21.09
Paul Pierce	21.05
Bill Russell	21.04
Dwight	21.04
Gary Payton	20.96
Harden	20.93
Pau	20.86
Clyde Drexler	20.76
Ewing	20.71
AI	20.64
Pippen	20.59
Vince	20.51
Rick Barry	20.45
Robert Parish	20.35
Walt Bellamy	20.35
Reggie	20.35
Shawn Marion	20.34
Ray Allen	20.33
Bob Pettit	20.29
John Havlicek	20.25
Melo	20.20
Dominique	20.20
D Wade	20.17
Nash	20.12
Steph	20.12
CWebb	20.04
Elgin Baylor	20.01
Dan Issel	19.97
Jerry West	19.96
AD	19.77
Jack Sikma	19.72
Dolph Schayes	19.67
T-Mac	19.64
IT	19.45
Nate Thurmond	19.44
Jerry Lucas	19.43
Giannis	19.36
Bob Lanier	19.35
LaMarcus Aldridge	19.32
Jokic	19.28
Tim Hardaway	19.20
George Gervin	19.10
Wes Unseld	19.10
Andre Miller	19.09
Terry Porter	19.09
Buck Williams	19.09
Joe Johnson	19.05
Jason Terry	19.03
Clifford Robinson	19.02
Dikembe	18.98
Iggy	18.98
Vlade Divac	18.97
Grant Hill	18.96
Alex English	18.94
Elton Brand	18.94
Bosh	18.91
Sheed Wallace	18.88
Mookie Blaylock	18.88
K Love	18.88
Horford	18.83
Kyle Lowry	18.81
Bob Cousy	18.73
Lenny Wilkens	18.72
KAT	18.71
Dame	18.70
Tony Parker	18.69
Bill Laimbeer	18.69
Rod Strickland	18.68
Billy Cunningham	18.67
George Mikan	18.66
Mullin	18.66
Jeff Hornacek	18.63
Millsap	18.58
Sam Perkins	18.57
Chauncey	18.55
Larry Nance	18.47
Horace Grant	18.46
Hal Greer	18.43
Detlef Schrempf	18.40
Alonzo Mourning	18.38
Mo Cheeks	18.31
Paul George	18.30
Marc Gasol	18.24
Eddie Jones	18.24
Kevin Johnson	18.23
Bob McAdoo	18.20
Otis Thorpe	18.20
Dave Cowens	18.17
Chet Walker	18.14
Bailey Howell	18.13
Blake	18.07
Adrian Dantley	18.04
Dave Bing	18.04
McHale	18.01
Dave DeBusschere	18.01
AC Green	18.00
Paul Arizin	17.99
Manu	17.95
Fat Lever	17.93
Jimmy	17.93
Kawhi	17.93
Rajon Rondo	17.92
Kyrie	17.77
Dennis Rodman	17.68
AK47	17.67
Mark Price	17.62
Gobert	17.60
Willis Reed	17.58
Alvin Robertson	17.56
Zelmo Beaty	17.54
Tiny Archibald	17.47
Tyson Chandler	17.45
Ed Macauley	17.42
James Worthy	17.34
Walt Frazier	17.31
Terrell Brandon	17.15
Pistol Pete	17.10
Marques Johnson	17.07
Doc Rivers	16.85
Dray	16.83
Yao	16.74
Bobby Jones	16.74
Sidney Moncrief	16.61
D Rose	16.52
Sam Jones	16.50
Bill Sharman	16.40
Nate McMillan	16.27
Bill Walton	16.23
David Thompson	16.19
Klay	16.07
Tree Rollins	15.82
Earl Monroe	15.66
Mark Eaton	15.48

Some notes –

• Keep in mind that this is again a look at the leaderboard after just one more category. Consistently being in the top tier (like LeBron and MJ and Wilt have been) is more important than showing up after any given category – obviously barring the last one. There’s still plenty on the board.
• LeBron jumps into the lead. Will he be able to hold it?
• Kareem leads a charge of players jumping up within or into the top ten – Karl Malone, KG, Hakeem, Tim Duncan, Kidd, Stockton
• MJ still holding on to a top ten spot before we even get to some of the categories that some would say make up the entirety of his GOAT argument. The man was a great player.
• Kobe and Moses Malone make big leaps into the top 20
• Current players are hit pretty hard by this category – Steph falls to 49, AD to 54, Giannis to 61, Jokic to 64, KAT to 88, Dame to 89. There’s still a lot of time for them to climb back up, but this is one of the reasons we need to make sure to point to longevity in the overall discussion.
• Another name with a big drop – George Mikan is all the way down to 94. That’s one of the downsides of an eight year career.
• Some other big names that are still pretty low – Isiah Thomas (58), Kawhi (125), Kyrie (127), Draymond (144), Klay (154)

Next up is the advanced metrics, and we’ll do offensive, defensive, and then overall. We’ll be shifting to a new page to keep going since the site is starting to mess with me as I try to add more to this one…