Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 96
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 96
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 45 | |
| 1982 | 49 | |
| 1983 | 53 | |
| 1984 | 57 | |
| 1985 | 61 | |
| 1986 | 65 | |
| 1987 | 70 | |
| 1988 | 74 | |
| 1989 | 78 | |
| 1990 | 82 | |
| 1991 | 86 | |
| 1992 | 90 | |
| 1993 | 94 | |
| 1994 | 90 | |
| 1995 | 85 | |
| 1996 | 81 | |
| 1997 | 76 | |
| 1998 | 72 | |
| 1999 | 67 | |
| 2000 | 63 | |
| 2001 | 58 | |
| 2002 | 54 | |
| 2003 | 49 | |
| 2004 | 45 |
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 Ron Francis ranks #17 in Ice Hockey
Ron Francis ranks 17th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1318th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 96, Honours 90, Statistics 96. 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 1981–2004 with 24 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 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career points 1798, career assists 1249, stanley cups 2, games played 1731.
Immediately ahead sits George Hainsworth on 90.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Bernie Geoffrion on 90.6. 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.
Ron Francis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Francis stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1993. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity96/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 24 recorded seasons. Scored 96/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics96/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 96/100.
Top Francis comparisons
Ron Francis — frequently asked
- Is Ron Francis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ron Francis ranks 17th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 90.6, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Ron Francis's GOAT Score?
- 90.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 96 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 96 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ron Francis rank all time?
- 1318th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 17th within Ice Hockey.
- Ron Francis vs George Hainsworth: who ranks higher?
- George Hainsworth, on 90.7 against Ron Francis's 90.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.