Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 34 | |
| 1954 | 73 | |
| 1955 | 88 | |
| 1956 | 84 | |
| 1957 | 59 | |
| 1958 | 91 | |
| 1959 | 81 | |
| 1960 | 90 | |
| 1961 | 58 | |
| 1962 | 79 | |
| 1963 | 78 | |
| 1964 | 77 | |
| 1965 | 79 | |
| 1966 | 82 | |
| 1967 | 68 | |
| 1968 | 82 | |
| 1969 | 76 | |
| 1970 | 63 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jean Béliveau ranks #9 in Ice Hockey
Jean Béliveau ranks 9th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 199th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 94, 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 1950–1971 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1958, which sets the Peak component at 90. 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 stanley cups 10, hart trophies 2, art ross trophies 1, conn smythe trophies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Sidney Crosby on 90.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Nicklas Lidström on 89.1. 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.
Jean Béliveau GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Béliveau stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1958. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Jean Béliveau — frequently asked
- Is Jean Béliveau the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jean Béliveau ranks 9th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 90.0, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Jean Béliveau's GOAT Score?
- 90.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jean Béliveau rank all time?
- 199th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Ice Hockey.
- Jean Béliveau vs Sidney Crosby: who ranks higher?
- Jean Béliveau, on 90.0 against Sidney Crosby's 90.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.