Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 85 | |
| 2007 | 106 | |
| 2008 | 113 | |
| 2009 | 35 | |
| 2010 | 77 | |
| 2011 | 109 | |
| 2012 | 33 | |
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 70 | |
| 2015 | 58 | |
| 2016 | 98 | |
| 2017 | 42 | |
| 2018 | 74 | |
| 2019 | 28 | |
| 2020 | 42 | |
| 2021 | 83 | |
| 2022 | 67 | |
| 2023 | 44 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Evgeni Malkin ranks #43 in Ice Hockey
Evgeni Malkin ranks 43rd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 512th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 88. 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 2003–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, 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 stanley cups 3, hart trophies 1, art ross trophies 2, conn smythe trophies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Eddie Shore on 87.0, a gap of 0.8 points. Directly behind is Jenni Hiirikoski on 85.0. 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.
Evgeni Malkin GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Malkin stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Malkin comparisons
Evgeni Malkin — frequently asked
- Is Evgeni Malkin the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Evgeni Malkin ranks 43rd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.2, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Evgeni Malkin's GOAT Score?
- 86.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Evgeni Malkin rank all time?
- 512th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 43rd within Ice Hockey.
- Evgeni Malkin vs Eddie Shore: who ranks higher?
- Eddie Shore, on 87.0 against Evgeni Malkin's 86.2 — a margin of 0.8 points.