Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 50 | |
| 1913 | 56 | |
| 1914 | 61 | |
| 1915 | 67 | |
| 1916 | 73 | |
| 1917 | 78 | |
| 1918 | 84 | |
| 1919 | 89 | |
| 1920 | 95 | |
| 1921 | 88 | |
| 1922 | 81 | |
| 1923 | 74 | |
| 1924 | 68 | |
| 1925 | 61 | |
| 1926 | 54 | |
| 1927 | 47 | |
| 1928 | 40 |
Data sources
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- NHL official records
- Hockey Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Hap Holmes ranks #54 in Ice Hockey
Hap Holmes ranks 54th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1630th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 92, 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 1912–1928 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1920, which sets the Peak component at 90. Honours 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 stanley cups 4, clubs with a cup win 4, career shutouts 41, seasons played 16.
Immediately ahead sits Bernie Parent on 88.7, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Russell Bowie on 88.6. 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.
Hap Holmes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Holmes stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1920. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Holmes comparisons
Hap Holmes — frequently asked
- Is Hap Holmes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hap Holmes ranks 54th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 88.7, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Hap Holmes's GOAT Score?
- 88.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hap Holmes rank all time?
- 1630th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 54th within Ice Hockey.
- Hap Holmes vs Bernie Parent: who ranks higher?
- Hap Holmes, on 88.7 against Bernie Parent's 88.7 — a margin of 0.0 points.