Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 92
- Honours
- 96
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 50 | |
| 1975 | 55 | |
| 1976 | 59 | |
| 1977 | 64 | |
| 1978 | 69 | |
| 1979 | 74 | |
| 1980 | 78 | |
| 1981 | 83 | |
| 1982 | 88 | |
| 1983 | 92 | |
| 1984 | 97 | |
| 1985 | 93 | |
| 1986 | 89 | |
| 1987 | 85 | |
| 1988 | 81 | |
| 1989 | 77 | |
| 1990 | 73 | |
| 1991 | 69 | |
| 1992 | 64 | |
| 1993 | 60 | |
| 1994 | 56 | |
| 1995 | 52 | |
| 1996 | 48 | |
| 1997 | 44 | |
| 1998 | 40 |
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 Viacheslav Fetisov ranks #5 in Ice Hockey
Viacheslav Fetisov ranks 5th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1086th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 92.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 92, Honours 96, 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 1974–1998 with 25 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 94. Honours 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 7, stanley cups 2, soviet league titles 13.
Immediately ahead sits Alex Ovechkin on 92.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Jayna Hefford on 91.9. 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.
Viacheslav Fetisov GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fetisov stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 25 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
- Honours96/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 96/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
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Viacheslav Fetisov — frequently asked
- Is Viacheslav Fetisov the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Viacheslav Fetisov ranks 5th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 92.1, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Viacheslav Fetisov's GOAT Score?
- 92.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 96 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Viacheslav Fetisov rank all time?
- 1086th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Ice Hockey.
- Viacheslav Fetisov vs Alex Ovechkin: who ranks higher?
- Alex Ovechkin, on 92.2 against Viacheslav Fetisov's 92.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.