Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 63 | |
| 2014 | 38 | |
| 2015 | 52 | |
| 2016 | 53 | |
| 2017 | 97 | |
| 2018 | 99 | |
| 2019 | 93 | |
| 2020 | 65 | |
| 2021 | 88 | |
| 2022 | 111 | |
| 2023 | 140 | |
| 2024 | 116 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nathan MacKinnon ranks #81 in Ice Hockey
Nathan MacKinnon ranks 81st among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 750th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 76, Honours 80, Statistics 88. 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 2013–present with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2023, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 1, hart trophies 1, art ross trophies 1, nhl points 950.
Immediately ahead sits Angela Ruggiero on 81.6, a gap of -1.3 points. Directly behind is Leon Draisaitl on 82.5. 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.
Nathan MacKinnon GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far MacKinnon stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2023. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top MacKinnon comparisons
Nathan MacKinnon — frequently asked
- Is Nathan MacKinnon the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nathan MacKinnon ranks 81st in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 82.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Nathan MacKinnon's GOAT Score?
- 82.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nathan MacKinnon rank all time?
- 750th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 81st within Ice Hockey.
- Nathan MacKinnon vs Angela Ruggiero: who ranks higher?
- Nathan MacKinnon, on 82.9 against Angela Ruggiero's 81.6 — a margin of 1.3 points.