Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 72 | |
| 2008 | 70 | |
| 2009 | 88 | |
| 2010 | 73 | |
| 2011 | 66 | |
| 2012 | 55 | |
| 2013 | 69 | |
| 2014 | 64 | |
| 2015 | 106 | |
| 2016 | 89 | |
| 2017 | 76 | |
| 2018 | 110 | |
| 2019 | 84 | |
| 2020 | 66 | |
| 2021 | 45 | |
| 2022 | 47 | |
| 2023 | 47 | |
| 2024 | 59 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Patrick Kane ranks #50 in Ice Hockey
Patrick Kane ranks 50th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 532nd of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 86, 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 2007–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, 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 3, hart trophies 1, art ross trophies 1, conn smythe trophies 1.
Immediately ahead sits Hilary Knight on 85.4, a gap of -0.3 points. Directly behind is Serge Savard on 84.6. 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.
Patrick Kane GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kane 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 2018. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Kane comparisons
Patrick Kane — frequently asked
- Is Patrick Kane the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Patrick Kane ranks 50th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 85.7, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Patrick Kane's GOAT Score?
- 85.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Patrick Kane rank all time?
- 532nd of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 50th within Ice Hockey.
- Patrick Kane vs Hilary Knight: who ranks higher?
- Patrick Kane, on 85.7 against Hilary Knight's 85.4 — a margin of 0.3 points.