Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 72
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 93
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48 | |
| 2016 | 100 | |
| 2017 | 108 | |
| 2018 | 116 | |
| 2019 | 97 | |
| 2020 | 105 | |
| 2021 | 123 | |
| 2022 | 153 | |
| 2023 | 132 | |
| 2024 | 100 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Connor McDavid ranks #65 in Ice Hockey
Connor McDavid ranks 65th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 654th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 72, Honours 84, Statistics 93. 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 2015–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2022, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak 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 hart trophies 3, art ross trophies 5, conn smythe trophies 1, 100-point seasons 7.
Immediately ahead sits Kent Nilsson on 84.0, a gap of -2.5 points. Directly behind is Peter Šťastný on 83.6. 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.
Connor McDavid GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McDavid stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2022. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity72/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 11 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 72/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics93/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 93/100.
Top McDavid comparisons
Connor McDavid — frequently asked
- Is Connor McDavid the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Connor McDavid ranks 65th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Connor McDavid's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 72 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 93 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Connor McDavid rank all time?
- 654th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 65th within Ice Hockey.
- Connor McDavid vs Kent Nilsson: who ranks higher?
- Connor McDavid, on 86.5 against Kent Nilsson's 84.0 — a margin of 2.5 points.