Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 96
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 92
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 50 | |
| 1968 | 58 | |
| 1969 | 66 | |
| 1970 | 74 | |
| 1971 | 82 | |
| 1972 | 90 | |
| 1973 | 98 | |
| 1974 | 91 | |
| 1975 | 85 | |
| 1976 | 78 | |
| 1977 | 72 | |
| 1978 | 65 | |
| 1979 | 58 | |
| 1980 | 52 | |
| 1981 | 45 |
Data sources
- NHL official records
- Hockey Reference
- Hockey Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Valeri Kharlamov ranks #28 in Ice Hockey
Valeri Kharlamov ranks 28th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1431st of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 96, Longevity 80, Honours 92, 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 1967–1981 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1973, which sets the Peak component at 96. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, world championship titles 8, soviet league titles 11, soviet league goals 293.
Immediately ahead sits Jean Béliveau on 90.0, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Angela James on 89.9. 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.
Valeri Kharlamov GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kharlamov stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak96/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1973. Scored 96/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours92/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 92/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Kharlamov comparisons
Valeri Kharlamov — frequently asked
- Is Valeri Kharlamov the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Valeri Kharlamov ranks 28th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 89.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Valeri Kharlamov's GOAT Score?
- 89.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 96 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 92 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Valeri Kharlamov rank all time?
- 1431st of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Ice Hockey.
- Valeri Kharlamov vs Jean Béliveau: who ranks higher?
- Jean Béliveau, on 90.0 against Valeri Kharlamov's 89.9 — a margin of 0.1 points.