Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 18 | |
| 1927 | 19 | |
| 1928 | 24 | |
| 1929 | 25 | |
| 1930 | 31 | |
| 1931 | 26 | |
| 1932 | 35 | |
| 1933 | 27 | |
| 1934 | 26 | |
| 1935 | 33 | |
| 1936 | 19 | |
| 1937 | 17 | |
| 1938 | 14 | |
| 1939 | 8 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Eddie Shore ranks #42 in Ice Hockey
Eddie Shore ranks 42nd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 508th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 1924–1940 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1932, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 hart trophies 4, stanley cups 2, first-team all-star selections 7, career points 284.
Immediately ahead sits Joe Thornton on 84.1, a gap of -2.9 points. Directly behind is Evgeni Malkin on 86.2. 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.
Eddie Shore GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Shore stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1932. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Shore comparisons
Eddie Shore — frequently asked
- Is Eddie Shore the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Eddie Shore ranks 42nd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Eddie Shore's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Eddie Shore rank all time?
- 508th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 42nd within Ice Hockey.
- Eddie Shore vs Joe Thornton: who ranks higher?
- Eddie Shore, on 87.0 against Joe Thornton's 84.1 — a margin of 2.9 points.