PEAK3 Arena

PEAK3 Arena

Five lanes.
One point each.

PEAK3 scores every exact peak window since 1979-80 on five open components. Every game in the Arena is settled across those same five lanes — Team Result decides one as often as Statistical Impact does.

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Rank 1 · 3-Year Window95.5
Michael Jordan
CHI · 1988-89 to 1990-91
36.9
Statistical Impact
14.1
Traditional Production
16.0
Individual Recognition
11.4
Playoff Rate Impact
2.2
Team Result

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1936Naismith in Berlin

Basketball Fact of the Day

Olympics & FIBA1930sGlobal

The inventor of basketball handed out the medals at its first Olympic tournament.

James Naismith was 74 when he travelled to the 1936 Berlin Games, where basketball was played for the first time as a medal sport. He threw up the ball for the opening game and presented the medals to the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Your Arena

Multiplayer5 live modes openThree-Man Weave · Shared Draft · The $20 Showdown · Prime Cut · Find the PrimeEnter
FlagshipRUN THE TABLEDraft exact NBA 3-year peak windows across a branching run, spend scarce credits, and beat five escalating statistical lineups — every battle decided by the five open PEAK3 components, with a full receipt.Play

Daily · quick play

Daily Grid ChallengeNine squares, same board for everyonePeak Duel DailyTen head-to-head peak comparisonsPeak Duel EndlessUnlimited comparisons, no daily limit

Multiplayer · live

Three-Man WeaveLiveThree-way snake draft, six shared rollsShared DraftLiveTwo drafters, one board of last season's playersThe $20 ShowdownLiveTwo bidders, $20, one starting fivePrime CutLiveEight peaks a heat, keep fourFind the PrimeLivePick the stretch PEAK3 rates highest

Solo · competitive

82-0 PEAK SeasonDraft a full-season roster, chase 82-0RankedSeeded ladder play against the field82-0 LeaderboardThe best submitted 82-0 runs

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How a player is rated

Every rating is these five components, combined at fixed weights — never a black box. Hover or select a lane to see what it measures.

The board

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  1. 1Michael JordanCHI · 1988-89 to 1990-9195.5
  2. 2LeBron JamesMIA · 2011-12 to 2013-1494.5
  3. 3Nikola JokicDEN · 2021-22 to 2023-2492.5
  4. 4Stephen CurryGSW · 2014-15 to 2016-1791.3
  5. 5Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL · 2018-19 to 2020-2190.8

Careers are long. Peaks are exact.

PEAK3 never averages a player down across seasons that were not part of their best stretch. It compares the exact window — one year, or five — against every other window since 1979-80.

EXPLORE THE METHODOLOGY

Questions, answered plainly.

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2,016 players evaluated · 984 ranked peak windows · PEAK3 v1