Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 15 | |
| 1999 | 18 | |
| 2000 | 20 | |
| 2001 | 24 | |
| 2002 | 26 | |
| 2003 | 22 | |
| 2004 | 24 | |
| 2005 | 21 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 8 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jayna Hefford ranks #4 in Ice Hockey
Jayna Hefford ranks 4th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 664th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 94, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1997–2015 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2002, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 4, olympic medals 5, world championship golds 7, canada caps 267.
Immediately ahead sits Alex Ovechkin on 92.2, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Jaromír Jágr on 91.6. 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.
Jayna Hefford GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hefford 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 2002. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Hefford comparisons
Jayna Hefford — frequently asked
- Is Jayna Hefford the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jayna Hefford ranks 4th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 91.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Jayna Hefford's GOAT Score?
- 91.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jayna Hefford rank all time?
- 664th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 4th within Ice Hockey.
- Jayna Hefford vs Alex Ovechkin: who ranks higher?
- Alex Ovechkin, on 92.2 against Jayna Hefford's 91.9 — a margin of 0.3 points.