Category profile
- Dominance
- 72
- Peak
- 84
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 40 | |
| 1909 | 43 | |
| 1910 | 46 | |
| 1911 | 48 | |
| 1912 | 51 | |
| 1913 | 54 | |
| 1914 | 57 | |
| 1915 | 60 | |
| 1916 | 63 | |
| 1917 | 65 | |
| 1918 | 68 | |
| 1919 | 71 | |
| 1920 | 74 | |
| 1921 | 77 | |
| 1922 | 80 | |
| 1923 | 82 | |
| 1924 | 85 | |
| 1925 | 88 | |
| 1926 | 79 | |
| 1927 | 69 | |
| 1928 | 60 | |
| 1929 | 50 |
Data sources
- NHL official record book
- Hockey Hall of Fame archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Herb Gardiner ranks #302 in Ice Hockey
Herb Gardiner ranks 302nd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 3181st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 77.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 72, Peak 84, Longevity 80, Honours 78, Statistics 74. 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 1908–1929 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1925, which sets the Peak component at 84. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 84 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes hart trophy awards 1, nhl games 101, nhl points 27, western canada league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Markus Näslund on 77.9, a gap of 0.4 points. Directly behind is Katarína Mrázová on 77.3. 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.
Herb Gardiner GOAT Score explained
- Dominance72/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gardiner stood above the field while competing. Scored 72/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak84/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1925. Scored 84/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Gardiner comparisons
Herb Gardiner — frequently asked
- Is Herb Gardiner the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Herb Gardiner ranks 302nd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 77.5, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Herb Gardiner's GOAT Score?
- 77.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 72 (25%), Peak 84 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Herb Gardiner rank all time?
- 3181st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 302nd within Ice Hockey.
- Herb Gardiner vs Markus Näslund: who ranks higher?
- Markus Näslund, on 77.9 against Herb Gardiner's 77.5 — a margin of 0.4 points.