Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 12 | |
| 1951 | 18 | |
| 1952 | 24 | |
| 1953 | 28 | |
| 1954 | 30 | |
| 1955 | 32 | |
| 1956 | 29 | |
| 1957 | 26 | |
| 1958 | 24 | |
| 1959 | 22 | |
| 1960 | 20 | |
| 1961 | 17 | |
| 1962 | 14 | |
| 1963 | 10 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Sven Tumba ranks #55 in Ice Hockey
Sven Tumba ranks 55th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 556th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 82, Honours 86, Statistics 86. 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 1949–1966 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1955, 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 world championship golds 4, olympic medals 2, swedish league titles 8, sweden caps 245.
Immediately ahead sits Nikita Kucherov on 86.9, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Patrik Eliáš on 83.4. 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.
Sven Tumba GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Tumba stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1955. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
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Sven Tumba — frequently asked
- Is Sven Tumba the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Sven Tumba ranks 55th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.0, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Sven Tumba's GOAT Score?
- 86.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Sven Tumba rank all time?
- 556th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 55th within Ice Hockey.
- Sven Tumba vs Nikita Kucherov: who ranks higher?
- Nikita Kucherov, on 86.9 against Sven Tumba's 86.0 — a margin of 0.9 points.