Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 50 | |
| 1941 | 59 | |
| 1942 | 69 | |
| 1943 | 78 | |
| 1944 | 88 | |
| 1945 | 97 | |
| 1946 | 90 | |
| 1947 | 83 | |
| 1948 | 76 | |
| 1949 | 69 | |
| 1950 | 63 | |
| 1951 | 56 | |
| 1952 | 49 | |
| 1953 | 42 | |
| 1954 | 35 |
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 Elmer Lach ranks #108 in Ice Hockey
Elmer Lach ranks 108th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1984th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 80, Honours 90, Statistics 88. 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 1940–1954 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1945, 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 stanley cups 3, hart trophies 1, art ross trophies 2, career points 623.
Immediately ahead sits Eddie Shore on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Dale Hawerchuk on 87.1. 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.
Elmer Lach GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lach stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1945. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Lach comparisons
Elmer Lach — frequently asked
- Is Elmer Lach the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Elmer Lach ranks 108th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Elmer Lach's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Elmer Lach rank all time?
- 1984th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 108th within Ice Hockey.
- Elmer Lach vs Eddie Shore: who ranks higher?
- Elmer Lach, on 87.0 against Eddie Shore's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.