Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 89
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 26 | |
| 1960 | 53 | |
| 1961 | 64 | |
| 1962 | 76 | |
| 1963 | 89 | |
| 1964 | 87 | |
| 1965 | 78 | |
| 1966 | 97 | |
| 1967 | 87 | |
| 1968 | 62 | |
| 1969 | 86 | |
| 1970 | 72 | |
| 1971 | 65 | |
| 1972 | 77 | |
| 1973 | 83 | |
| 1974 | 56 | |
| 1975 | 36 | |
| 1976 | 49 | |
| 1977 | 36 | |
| 1978 | 35 | |
| 1979 | 27 | |
| 1980 | 17 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Stan Mikita ranks #22 in Ice Hockey
Stan Mikita ranks 22nd among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 339th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 89, Longevity 90, Honours 86, Statistics 90. 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 1958–1980 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 89. Longevity 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 art ross trophies 4, hart trophies 2, lady byng trophies 2, stanley cups 1.
Immediately ahead sits Steve Yzerman on 87.4, a gap of -0.1 points. Directly behind is Teemu Selänne on 86.8. 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.
Stan Mikita GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Mikita stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak89/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 89/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Mikita comparisons
Stan Mikita — frequently asked
- Is Stan Mikita the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Stan Mikita ranks 22nd in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Stan Mikita's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 89 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Stan Mikita rank all time?
- 339th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 22nd within Ice Hockey.
- Stan Mikita vs Steve Yzerman: who ranks higher?
- Stan Mikita, on 87.5 against Steve Yzerman's 87.4 — a margin of 0.1 points.