Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 50 | |
| 1948 | 56 | |
| 1949 | 62 | |
| 1950 | 67 | |
| 1951 | 73 | |
| 1952 | 79 | |
| 1953 | 85 | |
| 1954 | 90 | |
| 1955 | 96 | |
| 1956 | 91 | |
| 1957 | 87 | |
| 1958 | 82 | |
| 1959 | 77 | |
| 1960 | 73 | |
| 1961 | 68 | |
| 1962 | 63 | |
| 1963 | 59 | |
| 1964 | 54 | |
| 1965 | 49 | |
| 1966 | 45 | |
| 1967 | 40 |
Data sources
- NHL official records
- Hockey Reference
- Hockey Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Red Kelly ranks #10 in Ice Hockey
Red Kelly ranks 10th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1176th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 91.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 92, Honours 96, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 313 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1947–1967 with 21 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1955, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 8, norris trophies 1, lady byng trophies 4, career points 823.
Immediately ahead sits Sergei Makarov on 91.6, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Alexander Ovechkin on 91.2. 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.
Red Kelly GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kelly 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 1955. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 20 years of competition and 21 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Kelly comparisons
Red Kelly — frequently asked
- Is Red Kelly the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Red Kelly ranks 10th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 91.5, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Red Kelly's GOAT Score?
- 91.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Red Kelly rank all time?
- 1176th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 10th within Ice Hockey.
- Red Kelly vs Sergei Makarov: who ranks higher?
- Sergei Makarov, on 91.6 against Red Kelly's 91.5 — a margin of 0.1 points.