Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 58
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 80 | |
| 1944 | 89 | |
| 1945 | 97 | |
| 1946 | 92 | |
| 1947 | 86 | |
| 1948 | 81 | |
| 1949 | 75 | |
| 1950 | 70 |
Data sources
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- NHL official records
- Hockey-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bill Durnan ranks #222 in Ice Hockey
Bill Durnan ranks 222nd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 2629th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 58, 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 1943–1950 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1945, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes vezina trophies 6, stanley cups 2, career shutouts 34, goals-against average 2.36.
Immediately ahead sits Steve Shutt on 83.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Paul Kariya on 83.6. 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 Durnan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Durnan stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1945. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity58/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 7 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 58/100.
- 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.
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Bill Durnan — frequently asked
- Is Bill Durnan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bill Durnan ranks 222nd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 83.6, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Bill Durnan's GOAT Score?
- 83.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 58 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bill Durnan rank all time?
- 2629th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 222nd within Ice Hockey.
- Bill Durnan vs Steve Shutt: who ranks higher?
- Bill Durnan, on 83.6 against Steve Shutt's 83.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.