Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 93
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 60 | |
| 1937 | 69 | |
| 1938 | 78 | |
| 1939 | 87 | |
| 1940 | 96 | |
| 1941 | 90 | |
| 1942 | 85 | |
| 1943 | 79 | |
| 1944 | 73 | |
| 1945 | 67 | |
| 1946 | 62 | |
| 1947 | 56 | |
| 1948 | 50 |
Data sources
- NHL official records
- Hockey Hall of Fame
- Hockey-Reference
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Syl Apps ranks #117 in Ice Hockey
Syl Apps ranks 117th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 2013th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 93, Longevity 78, Honours 90, Statistics 88. 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 1936–1948 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1940, which sets the Peak component at 93. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 93 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 3, calder trophy 1, lady byng trophy 1, nhl points 432.
Immediately ahead sits Nikita Kucherov on 86.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bill Cowley on 86.9. 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.
Syl Apps GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Apps stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak93/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1940. Scored 93/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Apps comparisons
Syl Apps — frequently asked
- Is Syl Apps the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Syl Apps ranks 117th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Syl Apps's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 93 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Syl Apps rank all time?
- 2013th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 117th within Ice Hockey.
- Syl Apps vs Nikita Kucherov: who ranks higher?
- Syl Apps, on 86.9 against Nikita Kucherov's 86.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.