Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 91
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 89
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 102 | |
| 2006 | 120 | |
| 2007 | 72 | |
| 2008 | 103 | |
| 2009 | 109 | |
| 2010 | 66 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 56 | |
| 2013 | 104 | |
| 2014 | 84 | |
| 2015 | 85 | |
| 2016 | 89 | |
| 2017 | 89 | |
| 2018 | 100 | |
| 2019 | 47 | |
| 2020 | 62 | |
| 2021 | 84 | |
| 2022 | 93 | |
| 2023 | 94 | |
| 2024 | 91 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sidney Crosby ranks #8 in Ice Hockey
Sidney Crosby ranks 8th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 182nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 91, Longevity 92, Honours 90, Statistics 89. 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 2005–present with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2006, which sets the Peak component at 91. Longevity 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 3, hart trophies 2, conn smythe trophies 2, art ross trophies 2.
Immediately ahead sits Ray Bourque on 89.3, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Jean Béliveau on 90.0. 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.
Sidney Crosby GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Crosby stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak91/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2006. Scored 91/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics89/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 89/100.
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Sidney Crosby — frequently asked
- Is Sidney Crosby the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sidney Crosby ranks 8th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 90.0, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Sidney Crosby's GOAT Score?
- 90.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 91 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 89 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sidney Crosby rank all time?
- 182nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 8th within Ice Hockey.
- Sidney Crosby vs Ray Bourque: who ranks higher?
- Sidney Crosby, on 90.0 against Ray Bourque's 89.3 — a margin of 0.7 points.