GOAT Rank · 35

Greatest Ice Hockey Left wing 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

4

92.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 2001–active
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Alex Ovechkin

23

90.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1922–1938
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Aurèle Joliat

28

Valeri Kharlamov

89.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1967–1981
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Valeri Kharlamov

47

89.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1957–1980
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Bobby Hull

66

88.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1951–1968
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Dickie Moore

71

88.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1948–1962
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Bert Olmstead

75

Dave Andreychuk

87.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1982–2006
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Dave Andreychuk

77

87.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1944–1965
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Ted Lindsay

87

87.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1934–1948
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Toe Blake

100

Frank Mahovlich

87.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1956–1978
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Frank Mahovlich

105

87.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1929–1944
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Busher Jackson

107

87.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1979–1994
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 94.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Michel Goulet

123

86.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1938–1952
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Roy Conacher

124

86.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1939–1954
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Doug Bentley

125

86.7

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1973–1989
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Bob Gainey

138

86.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1972–1984
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Bill Barber

139

86.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1902–1912
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Tommy Phillips

141

86.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1935–1954
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Woody Dumart

154

Brendan Shanahan

85.8

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1987–2009
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Brendan Shanahan

164

85.5

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1917–1929
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Cy Denneny

172

85.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1955–1978
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Johnny Bucyk

193

84.7

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1922–1938
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Aurel Joliat

196

84.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1954–1972
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Dick Duff

204

84.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1928–1939
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Herbie Lewis

209

84.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1921–1934
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 80.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: George Hay

214

84.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1926–1937
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Bun Cook

221

83.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1972–1985
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Steve Shutt

223

83.6

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1994–2010
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Paul Kariya

226

83.4

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1994–2016
Country: 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Patrik Eliáš

231

83.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1900–1915
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Jimmy Gardner

238

83.0

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1997–2018
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Daniel Sedin

264

82.1

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1974–1988
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Clark Gillies

272

81.3

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1934–1946
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Lynn Patrick

285

80.2

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1912–1929
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Rusty Crawford

301

Markus Näslund

77.9

Sport: Ice Hockey
Career: 1991–2009
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 72.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Markus Näslund

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
4	Alex Ovechkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–—	92.2
23	Aurèle Joliat	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1922–1938	90.2
28	Valeri Kharlamov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1967–1981	89.9
47	Bobby Hull	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1957–1980	89
66	Dickie Moore	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1951–1968	88.2
71	Bert Olmstead	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1948–1962	88
75	Dave Andreychuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1982–2006	87.9
77	Ted Lindsay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1965	87.8
87	Toe Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1948	87.6
100	Frank Mahovlich	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1956–1978	87.3
105	Busher Jackson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1944	87.2
107	Michel Goulet	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1994	87.1
123	Roy Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1938–1952	86.8
124	Doug Bentley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1939–1954	86.8
125	Bob Gainey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1989	86.7
138	Bill Barber	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1984	86.3
139	Tommy Phillips	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1912	86.3
141	Woody Dumart	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1935–1954	86.3
154	Brendan Shanahan	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1987–2009	85.8
164	Cy Denneny	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1917–1929	85.5
172	Johnny Bucyk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1955–1978	85.4
193	Aurel Joliat	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1922–1938	84.7
196	Dick Duff	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1954–1972	84.6
204	Herbie Lewis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1928–1939	84.4
209	George Hay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1921–1934	84.1
214	Bun Cook	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1937	84
221	Steve Shutt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1985	83.6
223	Paul Kariya	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1994–2010	83.6
226	Patrik Eliáš	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1994–2016	83.4
231	Jimmy Gardner	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1900–1915	83.3
238	Daniel Sedin	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2018	83
264	Clark Gillies	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	82.1
272	Lynn Patrick	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1946	81.3
285	Rusty Crawford	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1912–1929	80.2
301	Markus Näslund	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2009	77.9

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Alex Ovechkin vs Aurèle Joliat

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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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