Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 21 | |
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 16 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 11 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Hilary Knight ranks #49 in Ice Hockey
Hilary Knight ranks 49th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 527th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 86, Longevity 86, Honours 84, 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 2007–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2014, which sets the Peak component at 86. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship golds 9, olympic golds 1, olympic medals 3, world championship points 100.
Immediately ahead sits Sergei Fedorov on 84.9, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Patrick Kane on 85.7. 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.
Hilary Knight GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Knight stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2014. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Knight comparisons
Hilary Knight — frequently asked
- Is Hilary Knight the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Hilary Knight ranks 49th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 85.4, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Hilary Knight's GOAT Score?
- 85.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Hilary Knight rank all time?
- 527th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 49th within Ice Hockey.
- Hilary Knight vs Sergei Fedorov: who ranks higher?
- Hilary Knight, on 85.4 against Sergei Fedorov's 84.9 — a margin of 0.5 points.