Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 95 | |
| 1976 | 105 | |
| 1977 | 123 | |
| 1978 | 134 | |
| 1979 | 87 | |
| 1980 | 104 | |
| 1981 | 129 | |
| 1982 | 89 | |
| 1983 | 111 | |
| 1984 | 111 | |
| 1985 | 96 | |
| 1986 | 64 | |
| 1987 | 52 | |
| 1988 | 48 | |
| 1989 | 45 | |
| 1990 | 37 | |
| 1991 | 20 | |
| 1992 | 15 | |
| 1993 | 15 | |
| 1994 | 11 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bryan Trottier ranks #33 in Ice Hockey
Bryan Trottier ranks 33rd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 448th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 88. 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 1975–1994 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 6, career points 1425, hart trophies 1, conn smythe trophies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Mario Lemieux on 89.7, a gap of 3.2 points. Directly behind is Bobby Orr on 89.7. 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.
Bryan Trottier GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Trottier 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 1978. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Trottier comparisons
Bryan Trottier — frequently asked
- Is Bryan Trottier the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bryan Trottier ranks 33rd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Bryan Trottier's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bryan Trottier rank all time?
- 448th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 33rd within Ice Hockey.
- Bryan Trottier vs Mario Lemieux: who ranks higher?
- Mario Lemieux, on 89.7 against Bryan Trottier's 86.5 — a margin of 3.2 points.