Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 75 | |
| 1981 | 86 | |
| 1982 | 104 | |
| 1983 | 106 | |
| 1984 | 131 | |
| 1985 | 108 | |
| 1986 | 96 | |
| 1987 | 102 | |
| 1988 | 93 | |
| 1989 | 102 | |
| 1990 | 60 | |
| 1991 | 87 | |
| 1992 | 60 | |
| 1993 | 31 | |
| 1994 | 37 | |
| 1995 | 22 | |
| 1996 | 27 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jari Kurri ranks #36 in Ice Hockey
Jari Kurri ranks 36th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 470th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 88, Honours 86, 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 1977–1998 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 5, nhl goals 601, nhl points 1398, lady byng trophies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Maurice Richard on 87.7, a gap of 2.1 points. Directly behind is Brett Hull on 86.3. 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.
Jari Kurri GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kurri stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Kurri comparisons
Jari Kurri — frequently asked
- Is Jari Kurri the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jari Kurri ranks 36th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 85.6, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Jari Kurri's GOAT Score?
- 85.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jari Kurri rank all time?
- 470th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 36th within Ice Hockey.
- Jari Kurri vs Maurice Richard: who ranks higher?
- Maurice Richard, on 87.7 against Jari Kurri's 85.6 — a margin of 2.1 points.