Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 54 | |
| 1974 | 76 | |
| 1975 | 76 | |
| 1976 | 98 | |
| 1977 | 79 | |
| 1978 | 101 | |
| 1979 | 73 | |
| 1980 | 75 | |
| 1981 | 76 | |
| 1982 | 80 | |
| 1983 | 66 | |
| 1984 | 63 | |
| 1985 | 68 | |
| 1986 | 45 | |
| 1987 | 24 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Denis Potvin ranks #45 in Ice Hockey
Denis Potvin ranks 45th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 517th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 88, Statistics 86. 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 1973–1988 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 4, norris trophies 3, nhl points 1052, nhl goals 310.
Immediately ahead sits Jenni Hiirikoski on 85.0, a gap of -0.9 points. Directly behind is Zdeno Chára on 84.1. 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.
Denis Potvin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Potvin stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Denis Potvin — frequently asked
- Is Denis Potvin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Denis Potvin ranks 45th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Denis Potvin's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Denis Potvin rank all time?
- 517th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 45th within Ice Hockey.
- Denis Potvin vs Jenni Hiirikoski: who ranks higher?
- Denis Potvin, on 85.9 against Jenni Hiirikoski's 85.0 — a margin of 0.9 points.