Who is better, Harvey or Nugent-Hopkins?
Doug Harvey leads with a GOAT score of 93.0 against 13.8 for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — a gap of 79.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Harvey vs Nugent-Hopkins
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HarveyWinner
93.0Harvey wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Nugent-Hopkins
13.8Nugent-Hopkins wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Doug Harvey
93.0
Harvey leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Nugent-Hopkins — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Doug Harvey
2. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Category breakdown
Season form · Points per season
Career timeline · Points per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Points per season1. 🇨🇦 Doug Harvey5 seasons played · career day 1,825303 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏳️ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins5 seasons played · career day 1,825222 points
-26.7% vs Harvey at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Harvey | 0 | 0 | 50 | 105 | 303 | 642 |
| 🏳️ Nugent-Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 52 | 76 | 222 | 443 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | HarveyRetired | Nugent-HopkinsActive · Edmonton Oilers |
|---|---|---|
| Norris Trophies | 7 | — |
| Stanley Cups | 6 | — |
| First-team All-Star selections | 10 | — |
| Games played | 1,113 | — |
| Career assists | 452 | — |
| NHL games | — | 1,031 |
| NHL goals | — | 291 |
| NHL assists | — | 513 |
| NHL points | — | 804 |
| Number | — | 93 |
| Dominance w25% | 94 | 13.5 |
| Peak w20% | 96 | 19.1 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 11.5 |
| Honours w20% | 96 | 9.5 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 16.3 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Harvey93.0
Nugent-Hopkins13.8
The people
Harvey
Nugent-Hopkins
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Where does Nugent-Hopkins beat Harvey?
Nugent-Hopkins does not lead any of the five categories; Harvey is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Harvey vs Nugent-Hopkins score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Harvey: 93.0, Nugent-Hopkins: 13.8.
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