Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 5 | |
| 1954 | 7 | |
| 1955 | 7 | |
| 1956 | 9 | |
| 1957 | 9 | |
| 1958 | 9 | |
| 1959 | 3 | |
| 1960 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 4 | |
| 1962 | 5 | |
| 1963 | 4 | |
| 1964 | 5 | |
| 1965 | 2 | |
| 1966 | 2 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 1 | |
| 1969 | 0 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jacques Plante ranks #11 in Ice Hockey
Jacques Plante ranks 11th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 218th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 92, Statistics 90. 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 1947–1975 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1956, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak 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 6, vezina trophies 7, hart trophies 1, career shutouts 82.
Immediately ahead sits Nicklas Lidström on 89.1, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Mark Messier on 88.7. 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.
Jacques Plante GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Plante stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1956. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 28 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.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Plante comparisons
Jacques Plante — frequently asked
- Is Jacques Plante the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jacques Plante ranks 11th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 90.4, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Jacques Plante's GOAT Score?
- 90.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jacques Plante rank all time?
- 218th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 11th within Ice Hockey.
- Jacques Plante vs Nicklas Lidström: who ranks higher?
- Jacques Plante, on 90.4 against Nicklas Lidström's 89.1 — a margin of 1.3 points.