Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 55 | |
| 1974 | 61 | |
| 1975 | 66 | |
| 1976 | 72 | |
| 1977 | 77 | |
| 1978 | 83 | |
| 1979 | 88 | |
| 1980 | 94 | |
| 1981 | 89 | |
| 1982 | 84 | |
| 1983 | 79 | |
| 1984 | 74 | |
| 1985 | 70 | |
| 1986 | 65 | |
| 1987 | 60 | |
| 1988 | 55 | |
| 1989 | 50 |
Data sources
- NHL official records
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- Hockey-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lanny McDonald ranks #119 in Ice Hockey
Lanny McDonald ranks 119th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 2015th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 86, 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 1973–1989 with 17 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, nhl goals 500, nhl points 1006, all-star selections 4.
Immediately ahead sits Bill Cowley on 86.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Paul Coffey on 86.8. 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.
Lanny McDonald GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McDonald stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1980. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top McDonald comparisons
Lanny McDonald — frequently asked
- Is Lanny McDonald the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lanny McDonald ranks 119th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Lanny McDonald's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lanny McDonald rank all time?
- 2015th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 119th within Ice Hockey.
- Lanny McDonald vs Bill Cowley: who ranks higher?
- Lanny McDonald, on 86.9 against Bill Cowley's 86.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.