Category profile
- Dominance
- 87
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 60 | |
| 1992 | 41 | |
| 1993 | 34 | |
| 1994 | 62 | |
| 1995 | 43 | |
| 1996 | 67 | |
| 1997 | 57 | |
| 1998 | 59 | |
| 1999 | 73 | |
| 2000 | 73 | |
| 2001 | 59 | |
| 2002 | 44 | |
| 2003 | 62 | |
| 2004 | 80 | |
| 2005 | 62 | |
| 2006 | 70 | |
| 2007 | 59 | |
| 2008 | 49 | |
| 2009 | 34 | |
| 2010 | 34 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nicklas Lidström ranks #10 in Ice Hockey
Nicklas Lidström ranks 10th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 202nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 87, Peak 88, Longevity 94, Honours 90, Statistics 86. 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 1988–2012 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, 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 norris trophies 7, stanley cups 4, conn smythe trophies 1, olympic golds 1.
Immediately ahead sits Jean Béliveau on 90.0, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Jacques Plante on 90.4. 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.
Nicklas Lidström GOAT Score explained
- Dominance87/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lidström stood above the field while competing. Scored 87/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Lidström comparisons
Nicklas Lidström — frequently asked
- Is Nicklas Lidström the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nicklas Lidström ranks 10th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 89.1, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Nicklas Lidström's GOAT Score?
- 89.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 87 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nicklas Lidström rank all time?
- 202nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Ice Hockey.
- Nicklas Lidström vs Jean Béliveau: who ranks higher?
- Jean Béliveau, on 90.0 against Nicklas Lidström's 89.1 — a margin of 0.9 points.