Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 58 | |
| 1935 | 64 | |
| 1936 | 71 | |
| 1937 | 77 | |
| 1938 | 83 | |
| 1939 | 90 | |
| 1940 | 96 | |
| 1941 | 89 | |
| 1942 | 83 | |
| 1943 | 76 | |
| 1944 | 70 | |
| 1945 | 63 | |
| 1946 | 57 | |
| 1947 | 50 |
Data sources
- NHL official records
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- Hockey-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bill Cowley ranks #118 in Ice Hockey
Bill Cowley ranks 118th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 2014th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 93, Longevity 78, Honours 90, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1934–1947 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes hart trophy 2, stanley cups 2, nhl scoring titles 1, nhl points 548.
Immediately ahead sits Syl Apps on 86.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Lanny McDonald on 86.9. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Bill Cowley GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cowley stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Cowley comparisons
Bill Cowley — frequently asked
- Is Bill Cowley the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Cowley ranks 118th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Bill Cowley's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Cowley rank all time?
- 2014th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 118th within Ice Hockey.
- Bill Cowley vs Syl Apps: who ranks higher?
- Bill Cowley, on 86.9 against Syl Apps's 86.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.