Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 50 | |
| 1930 | 54 | |
| 1931 | 58 | |
| 1932 | 62 | |
| 1933 | 66 | |
| 1934 | 70 | |
| 1935 | 75 | |
| 1936 | 79 | |
| 1937 | 83 | |
| 1938 | 87 | |
| 1939 | 91 | |
| 1940 | 95 | |
| 1941 | 86 | |
| 1942 | 77 | |
| 1943 | 68 | |
| 1944 | 58 | |
| 1945 | 49 | |
| 1946 | 40 |
Data sources
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- NHL official records
- Hockey Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Syd Howe ranks #60 in Ice Hockey
Syd Howe ranks 60th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1702nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1929–1946 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 3, goals in one game 6, career goals 237, career points 528.
Immediately ahead sits Mark Howe on 88.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jack Marshall on 88.4. 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.
Syd Howe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Howe stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Howe comparisons
Syd Howe — frequently asked
- Is Syd Howe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Syd Howe ranks 60th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 88.4, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Syd Howe's GOAT Score?
- 88.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Syd Howe rank all time?
- 1702nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 60th within Ice Hockey.
- Syd Howe vs Mark Howe: who ranks higher?
- Syd Howe, on 88.4 against Mark Howe's 88.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.