Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 90
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 11 | |
| 1951 | 12 | |
| 1952 | 12 | |
| 1953 | 9 | |
| 1954 | 12 | |
| 1955 | 12 | |
| 1956 | 12 | |
| 1957 | 8 | |
| 1958 | 5 | |
| 1959 | 5 | |
| 1960 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 2 | |
| 1962 | 3 | |
| 1963 | 5 | |
| 1964 | 4 | |
| 1965 | 1 | |
| 1966 | 2 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 0 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Terry Sawchuk ranks #13 in Ice Hockey
Terry Sawchuk ranks 13th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 237th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 90, Longevity 90, Honours 88, Statistics 92. 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 1947–1970 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1951, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 4, vezina trophies 4, career shutouts 103, career wins 445.
Immediately ahead sits Mark Messier on 88.7, a gap of -0.7 points. Directly behind is Vladislav Tretiak on 90.5. 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.
Terry Sawchuk GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sawchuk stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1951. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity90/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 90/100.
- 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 Sawchuk comparisons
Terry Sawchuk — frequently asked
- Is Terry Sawchuk the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Terry Sawchuk ranks 13th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 89.4, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Terry Sawchuk's GOAT Score?
- 89.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 90 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Terry Sawchuk rank all time?
- 237th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 13th within Ice Hockey.
- Terry Sawchuk vs Mark Messier: who ranks higher?
- Terry Sawchuk, on 89.4 against Mark Messier's 88.7 — a margin of 0.7 points.