Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 76 | |
| 1981 | 68 | |
| 1982 | 61 | |
| 1983 | 71 | |
| 1984 | 54 | |
| 1985 | 81 | |
| 1986 | 39 | |
| 1987 | 45 | |
| 1988 | 65 | |
| 1989 | 63 | |
| 1990 | 77 | |
| 1991 | 85 | |
| 1992 | 61 | |
| 1993 | 44 | |
| 1994 | 38 | |
| 1995 | 35 | |
| 1996 | 30 | |
| 1997 | 25 | |
| 1998 | 20 | |
| 1999 | 15 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Larry Murphy ranks #31 in Ice Hockey
Larry Murphy ranks 31st among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1035th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 88, 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 1980–2001 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1991, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity 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 4, career points 1216, nhl games played 1615, career assists 929.
Immediately ahead sits Geraldine Heaney on 88.0, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Maurice Richard on 87.7. 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.
Larry Murphy GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Murphy stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1991. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Murphy comparisons
Larry Murphy — frequently asked
- Is Larry Murphy the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Larry Murphy ranks 31st in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Larry Murphy's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Larry Murphy rank all time?
- 1035th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 31st within Ice Hockey.
- Larry Murphy vs Geraldine Heaney: who ranks higher?
- Geraldine Heaney, on 88.0 against Larry Murphy's 87.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.