Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 62
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 70 | |
| 1971 | 79 | |
| 1972 | 89 | |
| 1973 | 98 | |
| 1974 | 92 | |
| 1975 | 85 | |
| 1976 | 79 | |
| 1977 | 73 | |
| 1978 | 66 | |
| 1979 | 60 |
Data sources
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- NHL official records
- Hockey-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ken Dryden ranks #132 in Ice Hockey
Ken Dryden ranks 132nd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 2127th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 62, Honours 94, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1970–1979 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1973, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 6, vezina trophies 5, conn smythe trophies 1, career goals-against average 2.24.
Immediately ahead sits Eric Lindros on 86.5, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Frank McGee on 86.4. 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.
Ken Dryden GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dryden stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1973. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity62/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 62/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Dryden comparisons
Ken Dryden — frequently asked
- Is Ken Dryden the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ken Dryden ranks 132nd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Ken Dryden's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 62 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ken Dryden rank all time?
- 2127th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 132nd within Ice Hockey.
- Ken Dryden vs Eric Lindros: who ranks higher?
- Eric Lindros, on 86.5 against Ken Dryden's 86.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.