Category profile
- Dominance
- 94
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 50 | |
| 1948 | 55 | |
| 1949 | 61 | |
| 1950 | 66 | |
| 1951 | 71 | |
| 1952 | 77 | |
| 1953 | 82 | |
| 1954 | 87 | |
| 1955 | 93 | |
| 1956 | 98 | |
| 1957 | 94 | |
| 1958 | 89 | |
| 1959 | 85 | |
| 1960 | 80 | |
| 1961 | 76 | |
| 1962 | 71 | |
| 1963 | 67 | |
| 1964 | 62 | |
| 1965 | 58 | |
| 1966 | 53 | |
| 1967 | 49 | |
| 1968 | 44 | |
| 1969 | 40 |
Data sources
- NHL official records
- Hockey Reference
- Hockey Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Doug Harvey ranks #3 in Ice Hockey
Doug Harvey ranks 3rd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 955th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 93.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 94, Peak 96, Longevity 88, Honours 96, Statistics 90. 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 1947–1969 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1956, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes norris trophies 7, stanley cups 6, first-team all-star selections 10, games played 1113.
Immediately ahead sits Gordie Howe on 94.2, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Alex Ovechkin on 92.2. 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.
Doug Harvey GOAT Score explained
- Dominance94/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Harvey stood above the field while competing. Scored 94/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1956. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Harvey comparisons
Doug Harvey — frequently asked
- Is Doug Harvey the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Doug Harvey ranks 3rd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 93.0, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Doug Harvey's GOAT Score?
- 93.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 94 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Doug Harvey rank all time?
- 955th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 3rd within Ice Hockey.
- Doug Harvey vs Gordie Howe: who ranks higher?
- Gordie Howe, on 94.2 against Doug Harvey's 93.0 — a margin of 1.2 points.