Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 93 | |
| 1980 | 131 | |
| 1981 | 82 | |
| 1982 | 104 | |
| 1983 | 80 | |
| 1984 | 99 | |
| 1985 | 61 | |
| 1986 | 44 | |
| 1987 | 35 | |
| 1988 | 30 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kent Nilsson ranks #64 in Ice Hockey
Kent Nilsson ranks 64th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 650th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 82, 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 1974–1995 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1980, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 1, best nhl season points 131, nhl career points 686, world championship medals 3.
Immediately ahead sits Noora Räty on 83.3, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Connor McDavid on 86.5. 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.
Kent Nilsson GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nilsson stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Nilsson comparisons
Kent Nilsson — frequently asked
- Is Kent Nilsson the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kent Nilsson ranks 64th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 84.0, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Kent Nilsson's GOAT Score?
- 84.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kent Nilsson rank all time?
- 650th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 64th within Ice Hockey.
- Kent Nilsson vs Noora Räty: who ranks higher?
- Kent Nilsson, on 84.0 against Noora Räty's 83.3 — a margin of 0.7 points.