Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 32 | |
| 1944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | 27 | |
| 1946 | 45 | |
| 1947 | 28 | |
| 1948 | 20 | |
| 1949 | 43 | |
| 1950 | 42 | |
| 1951 | 27 | |
| 1952 | 28 | |
| 1953 | 37 | |
| 1954 | 38 | |
| 1955 | 33 | |
| 1956 | 33 | |
| 1957 | 15 | |
| 1958 | 19 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Maurice Richard ranks #35 in Ice Hockey
Maurice Richard ranks 35th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 452nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 82, 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 1942–1960 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1944, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 8, hart trophies 1, nhl goals 544, all-star selections 14.
Immediately ahead sits Bobby Orr on 89.7, a gap of 2.0 points. Directly behind is Jari Kurri on 85.6. 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.
Maurice Richard GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Richard stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1944. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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 Richard comparisons
Maurice Richard — frequently asked
- Is Maurice Richard the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Maurice Richard ranks 35th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Maurice Richard's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Maurice Richard rank all time?
- 452nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Ice Hockey.
- Maurice Richard vs Bobby Orr: who ranks higher?
- Bobby Orr, on 89.7 against Maurice Richard's 87.7 — a margin of 2.0 points.