Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 48 | |
| 1945 | 55 | |
| 1946 | 62 | |
| 1947 | 69 | |
| 1948 | 75 | |
| 1949 | 82 | |
| 1950 | 89 | |
| 1951 | 96 | |
| 1952 | 91 | |
| 1953 | 87 | |
| 1954 | 82 | |
| 1955 | 77 | |
| 1956 | 72 | |
| 1957 | 68 | |
| 1958 | 63 | |
| 1959 | 58 | |
| 1960 | 54 | |
| 1961 | 49 | |
| 1962 | 44 | |
| 1963 | 39 | |
| 1964 | 35 | |
| 1965 | 30 |
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 Ted Lindsay ranks #77 in Ice Hockey
Ted Lindsay ranks 77th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1818th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 86, 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 1944–1965 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1951, 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 4, art ross trophies 1, career points 851, first-team all-star selections 8.
Immediately ahead sits Larry Murphy on 87.8, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Danielle Goyette on 87.8. 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.
Ted Lindsay GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lindsay 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 1951. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- 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 Lindsay comparisons
Ted Lindsay — frequently asked
- Is Ted Lindsay the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ted Lindsay ranks 77th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.8, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Ted Lindsay's GOAT Score?
- 87.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ted Lindsay rank all time?
- 1818th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 77th within Ice Hockey.
- Ted Lindsay vs Larry Murphy: who ranks higher?
- Ted Lindsay, on 87.8 against Larry Murphy's 87.8 — a margin of 0.0 points.