Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 10 | |
| 1938 | 15 | |
| 1939 | 30 | |
| 1940 | 52 | |
| 1941 | 39 | |
| 1942 | 36 | |
| 1943 | 33 | |
| 1944 | 31 | |
| 1945 | 35 | |
| 1946 | 38 | |
| 1947 | 30 | |
| 1948 | 22 | |
| 1949 | 15 | |
| 1950 | 8 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Milt Schmidt ranks #61 in Ice Hockey
Milt Schmidt ranks 61st among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 636th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1936–1955 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 2, hart trophies 1, art ross trophies 1, career points 575.
Immediately ahead sits Börje Salming on 82.5, a gap of -1.8 points. Directly behind is Steven Stamkos on 83.5. 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.
Milt Schmidt GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Schmidt stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Schmidt comparisons
Milt Schmidt — frequently asked
- Is Milt Schmidt the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Milt Schmidt ranks 61st in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 84.3, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Milt Schmidt's GOAT Score?
- 84.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Milt Schmidt rank all time?
- 636th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 61st within Ice Hockey.
- Milt Schmidt vs Börje Salming: who ranks higher?
- Milt Schmidt, on 84.3 against Börje Salming's 82.5 — a margin of 1.8 points.