Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 64 | |
| 1972 | 55 | |
| 1973 | 56 | |
| 1974 | 119 | |
| 1975 | 125 | |
| 1976 | 136 | |
| 1977 | 132 | |
| 1978 | 129 | |
| 1979 | 125 | |
| 1980 | 70 | |
| 1981 | 66 | |
| 1982 | 57 | |
| 1983 | 76 | |
| 1984 | 30 | |
| 1985 | 18 | |
| 1986 | 45 | |
| 1987 | 30 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Guy Lafleur ranks #38 in Ice Hockey
Guy Lafleur ranks 38th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 481st of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 88, 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 1971–1991 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1976, 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 5, art ross trophies 3, hart trophies 2, nhl points 1353.
Immediately ahead sits Brett Hull on 86.3, a gap of -0.3 points. Directly behind is Marie-Philip Poulin on 87.3. 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.
Guy Lafleur GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lafleur 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 1976. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Lafleur comparisons
Guy Lafleur — frequently asked
- Is Guy Lafleur the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Guy Lafleur ranks 38th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.6, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Guy Lafleur's GOAT Score?
- 86.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Guy Lafleur rank all time?
- 481st of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 38th within Ice Hockey.
- Guy Lafleur vs Brett Hull: who ranks higher?
- Guy Lafleur, on 86.6 against Brett Hull's 86.3 — a margin of 0.3 points.