Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 10 | |
| 1974 | 23 | |
| 1975 | 30 | |
| 1976 | 32 | |
| 1977 | 29 | |
| 1978 | 37 | |
| 1979 | 41 | |
| 1980 | 36 | |
| 1981 | 45 | |
| 1982 | 34 | |
| 1983 | 39 | |
| 1984 | 34 | |
| 1985 | 37 | |
| 1986 | 25 | |
| 1987 | 19 | |
| 1988 | 15 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bob Gainey ranks #52 in Ice Hockey
Bob Gainey ranks 52nd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1164th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 92, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1973–1989 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1981, which sets the Peak component at 90. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 5, selke trophies 4, conn smythe trophies 1, nhl games played 1160.
Immediately ahead sits Kim St-Pierre on 86.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Guy Lafleur on 86.6. 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.
Bob Gainey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gainey stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1981. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Gainey comparisons
Bob Gainey — frequently asked
- Is Bob Gainey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Gainey ranks 52nd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Bob Gainey's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Gainey rank all time?
- 1164th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 52nd within Ice Hockey.
- Bob Gainey vs Kim St-Pierre: who ranks higher?
- Kim St-Pierre, on 86.8 against Bob Gainey's 86.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.