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Nighbor vs Knight

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NighborWinner
85.6

Nighbor wins: Peak, Honours

Knight
85.4

Knight wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Frank Nighbor
85.6

Nighbor leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. First winner of the Hart and Lady Byng Trophies, with four Stanley Cups.

1. Frank Nighbor
85.6
2. Hilary Knight
85.4

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 season
1. 🇨🇦 Frank Nighbor5 seasons played · career day 1,825378 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Hilary Knight5 seasons played · career day 2,55693 points
-75.4% vs Nighbor at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Nighbor0055120378694
🇺🇸 Knight000052138

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricNighborRetiredKnightActive
Stanley Cups4
Hart Trophies1
Lady Byng Trophies2
Career goals136
Seasons played14
World Championship golds9
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals3
World Championship points100
USA caps200
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%7886
Honours w20%9084
Statistics w15%8488

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Nighbor85.6
Knight85.4
The people
Nighbor
Knight

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