Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 45 | |
| 1964 | 51 | |
| 1965 | 56 | |
| 1966 | 62 | |
| 1967 | 68 | |
| 1968 | 73 | |
| 1969 | 79 | |
| 1970 | 85 | |
| 1971 | 90 | |
| 1972 | 96 | |
| 1973 | 87 | |
| 1974 | 79 | |
| 1975 | 70 | |
| 1976 | 61 | |
| 1977 | 52 | |
| 1978 | 44 | |
| 1979 | 35 |
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 Yvan Cournoyer ranks #90 in Ice Hockey
Yvan Cournoyer ranks 90th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1898th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 82, Honours 94, Statistics 86. 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 1963–1979 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1972, which sets the Peak component at 92. Honours is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 10, conn smythe trophies 1, career goals 428, playoff goals 64.
Immediately ahead sits Stan Mikita on 87.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Sprague Cleghorn on 87.5. 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.
Yvan Cournoyer GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cournoyer 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 1972. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Cournoyer comparisons
Yvan Cournoyer — frequently asked
- Is Yvan Cournoyer the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Yvan Cournoyer ranks 90th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.5, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Yvan Cournoyer's GOAT Score?
- 87.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Yvan Cournoyer rank all time?
- 1898th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 90th within Ice Hockey.
- Yvan Cournoyer vs Stan Mikita: who ranks higher?
- Yvan Cournoyer, on 87.5 against Stan Mikita's 87.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.