Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 27 | |
| 2013 | 55 | |
| 2014 | 39 | |
| 2015 | 47 | |
| 2016 | 72 | |
| 2017 | 63 | |
| 2018 | 54 | |
| 2019 | 32 | |
| 2020 | 85 | |
| 2021 | 49 | |
| 2022 | 76 | |
| 2023 | 60 | |
| 2024 | 52 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Victor Hedman ranks #76 in Ice Hockey
Victor Hedman ranks 76th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 698th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 82.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 82, Statistics 84. 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 2007–present with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2020, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 2, norris trophies 1, conn smythe trophies 1, nhl points 750.
Immediately ahead sits Henrik Zetterberg on 82.1, a gap of -0.5 points. Directly behind is Daniel Alfredsson on 80.3. 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.
Victor Hedman GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Hedman stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2020. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Hedman comparisons
Victor Hedman — frequently asked
- Is Victor Hedman the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Victor Hedman ranks 76th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 82.6, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Victor Hedman's GOAT Score?
- 82.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Victor Hedman rank all time?
- 698th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 76th within Ice Hockey.
- Victor Hedman vs Henrik Zetterberg: who ranks higher?
- Victor Hedman, on 82.6 against Henrik Zetterberg's 82.1 — a margin of 0.5 points.