Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 50 | |
| 1989 | 66 | |
| 1990 | 81 | |
| 1991 | 97 | |
| 1992 | 93 | |
| 1993 | 90 | |
| 1994 | 86 | |
| 1995 | 83 | |
| 1996 | 79 | |
| 1997 | 76 | |
| 1998 | 72 | |
| 1999 | 69 | |
| 2000 | 65 | |
| 2001 | 61 | |
| 2002 | 58 | |
| 2003 | 54 | |
| 2004 | 51 | |
| 2005 | 47 | |
| 2006 | 44 | |
| 2007 | 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 Ed Belfour ranks #39 in Ice Hockey
Ed Belfour ranks 39th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1489th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 94. 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 1988–2007 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 484, stanley cups 1, vezina trophies 2, career shutouts 76.
Immediately ahead sits Scott Niedermayer on 89.5, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Terry Sawchuk on 89.4. 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.
Ed Belfour GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Belfour stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Belfour comparisons
Ed Belfour — frequently asked
- Is Ed Belfour the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ed Belfour ranks 39th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Ed Belfour's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ed Belfour rank all time?
- 1489th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 39th within Ice Hockey.
- Ed Belfour vs Scott Niedermayer: who ranks higher?
- Ed Belfour, on 89.6 against Scott Niedermayer's 89.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.