- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1978–2004
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
GOAT Rank · 312
Greatest Ice Hockey athletes 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
- 1990–2005
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1965–1979
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1912–1928
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1898–1910
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1912–1929
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1968–1984
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1997–2017
- Country
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1973–1995
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- 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
- 1953–1970
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1979–1998
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1917–1943
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1921–1937
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1951–1968
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1926–1937
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1963–1981
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1988–2002
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1996–2017
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 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
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1905–1927
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1978–1993
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1967–1979
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1982–2006
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1980–2001
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1944–1965
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- 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
- 1942–1960
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1963–1991
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1982–2003
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1914–1930
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1929–1943
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1984–2003
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- 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
- 1968–1985
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1934–1948
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1981–2004
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1958–1980
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 89.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1963–1979
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1918–1928
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1983–2006
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1923–1981
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1981–2004
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 2007–active
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1955–1975
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- 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
- 1924–1937
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1958–1989
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Career
- 1956–1978
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Mark Messier | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1978–2004 | 88.7 |
| 52 | Cammi Granato | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1990–2005 | 88.7 |
| 53 | Bernie Parent | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1965–1979 | 88.7 |
| 54 | Hap Holmes | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1912–1928 | 88.7 |
| 55 | Russell Bowie | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1898–1910 | 88.6 |
| 56 | Punch Broadbent | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1912–1929 | 88.6 |
| 57 | Guy Lapointe | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1968–1984 | 88.5 |
| 58 | Marián Hossa | Ice Hockey | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 1997–2017 | 88.4 |
| 59 | Mark Howe | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1973–1995 | 88.4 |
| 60 | Syd Howe | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1929–1946 | 88.4 |
| 61 | Jack Marshall | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1900–1917 | 88.4 |
| 62 | Johnny Bower | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1953–1970 | 88.4 |
| 63 | Mike Gartner | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1979–1998 | 88.4 |
| 64 | Frank Calder | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1917–1943 | 88.3 |
| 65 | King Clancy | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1921–1937 | 88.3 |
| 66 | Dickie Moore | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1951–1968 | 88.2 |
| 67 | Bill Cook | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1926–1937 | 88.2 |
| 68 | Phil Esposito | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1963–1981 | 88.1 |
| 69 | Geraldine Heaney | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1988–2002 | 88 |
| 70 | Jarome Iginla | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1996–2017 | 88 |
| 71 | Bert Olmstead | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1948–1962 | 88 |
| 72 | Newsy Lalonde | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1905–1927 | 87.9 |
| 73 | Rod Langway | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1978–1993 | 87.9 |
| 74 | Jacques Lemaire | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1967–1979 | 87.9 |
| 75 | Dave Andreychuk | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1982–2006 | 87.9 |
| 76 | Larry Murphy | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1980–2001 | 87.8 |
| 77 | Ted Lindsay | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1944–1965 | 87.8 |
| 78 | Danielle Goyette | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1991–2007 | 87.8 |
| 79 | Maurice Richard | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1942–1960 | 87.7 |
| 80 | Bob Johnson | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1963–1991 | 87.7 |
| 81 | Phil Housley | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1982–2003 | 87.7 |
| 82 | Mickey MacKay | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1914–1930 | 87.7 |
| 83 | Ebbie Goodfellow | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1929–1943 | 87.7 |
| 84 | Patrick Roy | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1984–2003 | 87.6 |
| 85 | Riikka Sallinen | Ice Hockey | 🇫🇮 Finland | 1988–2019 | 87.6 |
| 86 | Brad Park | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1968–1985 | 87.6 |
| 87 | Toe Blake | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1934–1948 | 87.6 |
| 88 | Al MacInnis | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1981–2004 | 87.6 |
| 89 | Stan Mikita | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1958–1980 | 87.5 |
| 90 | Yvan Cournoyer | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1963–1979 | 87.5 |
| 91 | Sprague Cleghorn | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1918–1928 | 87.5 |
| 92 | Steve Yzerman | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1983–2006 | 87.4 |
| 93 | Foster Hewitt | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1923–1981 | 87.4 |
| 94 | Igor Larionov | Ice Hockey | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1981–2004 | 87.4 |
| 95 | Marie-Philip Poulin | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 2007–— | 87.3 |
| 96 | Henri Richard | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1955–1975 | 87.3 |
| 97 | Jenny Potter | Ice Hockey | 🇺🇸 United States | 1997–2011 | 87.3 |
| 98 | Alec Connell | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1924–1937 | 87.3 |
| 99 | Clare Drake | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1958–1989 | 87.3 |
| 100 | Frank Mahovlich | Ice Hockey | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1956–1978 | 87.3 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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