Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 94
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30 | |
| 1991 | 35 | |
| 1992 | 40 | |
| 1993 | 45 | |
| 1994 | 42 | |
| 1995 | 38 | |
| 1996 | 36 | |
| 1997 | 34 | |
| 1998 | 30 | |
| 1999 | 28 | |
| 2000 | 26 | |
| 2001 | 24 | |
| 2002 | 22 | |
| 2003 | 20 | |
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 16 | |
| 2006 | 12 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Riikka Sallinen ranks #35 in Ice Hockey
Riikka Sallinen ranks 35th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1065th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 94, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1988–2019 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1993, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity 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 olympic medals 3, world championship medals 9, finland caps 150, hall of fame inductions 1.
Immediately ahead sits Patrick Roy on 87.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Brad Park on 87.6. 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.
Riikka Sallinen GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sallinen 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 1993. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity94/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 31 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 94/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Sallinen comparisons
Riikka Sallinen — frequently asked
- Is Riikka Sallinen the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Riikka Sallinen ranks 35th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Riikka Sallinen's GOAT Score?
- 87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 94 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Riikka Sallinen rank all time?
- 1065th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 35th within Ice Hockey.
- Riikka Sallinen vs Patrick Roy: who ranks higher?
- Riikka Sallinen, on 87.6 against Patrick Roy's 87.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.