- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1997–2015
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
GOAT Rank · 30
Greatest Ice Hockey Forward of all time
This ranking uses verified career records and GOAT Rank's published model. Every listed athlete clears the data eligibility threshold.
#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1999–2016
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 96.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1985–2000
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1990–2005
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1929–1946
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1900–1917
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1991–2007
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1988–2019
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1997–2011
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1999–2011
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2007–2020
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2000–2018
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1995–2015
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2005–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1995–2011
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2014–active
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1897–1901
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1902–1908
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2006–2019
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1986–1992
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 60.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2007–2021
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1988–2000
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2008–2019
- Country
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 72.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 68.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2011–active
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 82.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Jayna Hefford | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1997–2015 | 91.9 |
| 7 | Caroline Ouellette | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1999–2016 | 91.8 |
| 29 | Angela James | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1985–2000 | 89.9 |
| 52 | Cammi Granato | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1990–2005 | 88.7 |
| 60 | Syd Howe | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1929–1946 | 88.4 |
| 61 | Jack Marshall | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1900–1917 | 88.4 |
| 78 | Danielle Goyette | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1991–2007 | 87.8 |
| 85 | Riikka Sallinen | Ice Hockey | 🇫🇮 Finland | 1988–2019 | 87.6 |
| 97 | Jenny Potter | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1997–2011 | 87.3 |
| 160 | Natalie Darwitz | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1999–2011 | 85.6 |
| 163 | Meghan Duggan | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 2007–2020 | 85.5 |
| 167 | Hilary Knight | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 2007–— | 85.4 |
| 174 | Julie Chu | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 2000–2018 | 85.3 |
| 175 | Michelle Karvinen | Ice Hockey | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2008–— | 85.2 |
| 212 | Sarah Nurse | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2013–— | 84 |
| 235 | Erika Holst | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1995–2015 | 83.1 |
| 236 | Susanna Tapani | Ice Hockey | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2010–— | 83.1 |
| 245 | Pernilla Winberg | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2005–2021 | 82.7 |
| 255 | Maria Rooth | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1995–2011 | 82.4 |
| 279 | Petra Nieminen | Ice Hockey | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2014–— | 81 |
| 280 | Arthur Farrell | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1897–1901 | 81 |
| 286 | Tom Hooper | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1902–1908 | 80.2 |
| 293 | Anna Borgqvist | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2006–2019 | 79.3 |
| 294 | Cindy Curley | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1986–1992 | 79.3 |
| 297 | Fanny Rask | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2007–2021 | 79 |
| 298 | Marja-Leena Ihatsu | Ice Hockey | 🇫🇮 Finland | 1988–2000 | 78.9 |
| 299 | Erika Grahm | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2008–2019 | 78.2 |
| 300 | Emma Nuutinen | Ice Hockey | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2013–— | 78.1 |
| 303 | Katarína Mrázová | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 2008–— | 77.3 |
| 306 | Kendall Coyne Schofield | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 2011–— | 77.1 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
Who is included?
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