Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 97
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 91
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 41 | |
| 1967 | 31 | |
| 1968 | 64 | |
| 1969 | 120 | |
| 1970 | 139 | |
| 1971 | 117 | |
| 1972 | 101 | |
| 1973 | 122 | |
| 1974 | 135 | |
| 1975 | 46 | |
| 1976 | 23 | |
| 1977 | 4 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bobby Orr ranks #34 in Ice Hockey
Bobby Orr ranks 34th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 451st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 97, Longevity 74, Honours 91, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 395 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1966–1979 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1970, which sets the Peak component at 97. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 97 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes hart trophies 3, norris trophies 8, art ross trophies 2, stanley cups 2.
Immediately ahead sits Bryan Trottier on 86.5, a gap of -3.2 points. Directly behind is Maurice Richard on 87.7. 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.
Bobby Orr GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Orr stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak97/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1970. Scored 97/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours91/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 91/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Orr comparisons
Bobby Orr — frequently asked
- Is Bobby Orr the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bobby Orr ranks 34th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 89.7, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Bobby Orr's GOAT Score?
- 89.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 97 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 91 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bobby Orr rank all time?
- 451st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Ice Hockey.
- Bobby Orr vs Bryan Trottier: who ranks higher?
- Bobby Orr, on 89.7 against Bryan Trottier's 86.5 — a margin of 3.2 points.