Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 55 | |
| 1917 | 63 | |
| 1918 | 70 | |
| 1919 | 78 | |
| 1920 | 85 | |
| 1921 | 93 | |
| 1922 | 88 | |
| 1923 | 82 | |
| 1924 | 77 | |
| 1925 | 72 | |
| 1926 | 66 | |
| 1927 | 61 | |
| 1928 | 55 | |
| 1929 | 50 |
Data sources
- NHL official records
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- Hockey-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dick Irvin ranks #253 in Ice Hockey
Dick Irvin ranks 253rd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 2786th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 82, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1916–1929 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1921, 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 western league scoring titles 1, nhl points 47, professional seasons 13, stanley cup finals 2.
Immediately ahead sits Kevin Lowe on 82.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Henrik Sedin on 82.4. 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.
Dick Irvin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Irvin stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1921. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Irvin comparisons
Dick Irvin — frequently asked
- Is Dick Irvin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dick Irvin ranks 253rd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 82.5, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Dick Irvin's GOAT Score?
- 82.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dick Irvin rank all time?
- 2786th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 253rd within Ice Hockey.
- Dick Irvin vs Kevin Lowe: who ranks higher?
- Dick Irvin, on 82.5 against Kevin Lowe's 82.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.