← NHL leaders NHL Era-Adjusted Careers Whole careers on one scale: every value-positive season is scored against its own season's peers, and those standings are summed. 3,364 careers ranked.
Rankings as of 2026-07-28 , as declared by the corpus that produced them.
each value-positive season is z-scored against its OWN (season, position-group) peer distribution, then those z-scores are summed across the career — careerZ is the total standard deviations a player accumulated above the peers he actually played against
Career z — All Positions summed season z Total standard deviations above era peers across a career.
Showing 30 of 150 ranked entries.
1 Gordie Howe Skater · 1947–1980 · 26 rated · peak 1951 60.92 2 Wayne Gretzky Skater · 1980–1999 · 20 rated · peak 1982 59.21 3 Alex Ovechkin Skater · 2006–2026 · 21 rated · peak 2008 53.5 4 Jaromir Jagr Skater · 1991–2018 · 23 rated · peak 1996 53 5 Sidney Crosby Skater · 2006–2026 · 21 rated · peak 2010 51.54 6 Mark Messier Skater · 1980–2004 · 25 rated · peak 1990 48.13 7 Joe Sakic Skater · 1989–2009 · 20 rated · peak 1996 47.33 8 Steve Yzerman Skater · 1984–2006 · 22 rated · peak 1989 46.91 9 Ron Francis Skater · 1982–2003 · 22 rated · peak 1996 42.3 10 Mats Sundin Skater · 1991–2009 · 18 rated · peak 1997 41.67 11 Ray Bourque Skater · 1980–2001 · 22 rated · peak 1996 41.59 12 Patrick Kane Skater · 2008–2026 · 19 rated · peak 2013 41.14 13 Marcel Dionne Skater · 1972–1989 · 18 rated · peak 1980 41.07 14 Brendan Shanahan Skater · 1988–2009 · 21 rated · peak 1997 40.87 15 Phil Esposito Skater · 1964–1981 · 18 rated · peak 1971 40.47 16 Joe Thornton Skater · 1998–2022 · 24 rated · peak 2008 40.4 17 Luc Robitaille Skater · 1987–2006 · 19 rated · peak 1993 39.86 18 Brett Hull Skater · 1988–2004 · 17 rated · peak 1991 39.79 19 Mike Modano Skater · 1990–2011 · 21 rated · peak 1997 39.66 20 Stan Mikita Skater · 1960–1980 · 21 rated · peak 1967 39.13 21 Anze Kopitar Skater · 2007–2026 · 20 rated · peak 2018 39.05 22 Evgeni Malkin Skater · 2007–2026 · 20 rated · peak 2008 38.95 23 Teemu Selanne Skater · 1993–2014 · 20 rated · peak 1997 38.27 24 Jarome Iginla Skater · 1997–2017 · 20 rated · peak 2008 38.02 25 Steven Stamkos Skater · 2009–2026 · 18 rated · peak 2013 37.63 26 John Tavares Skater · 2010–2026 · 17 rated · peak 2019 36.73 27 Jean Beliveau Skater · 1954–1971 · 18 rated · peak 1956 36.49 28 Bobby Hull Skater · 1958–1972 · 15 rated · peak 1969 36.26 29 Daniel Alfredsson Skater · 1996–2014 · 18 rated · peak 2006 34.79 30 Nicklas Lidstrom Skater · 1992–2012 · 20 rated · peak 2008 34.59 Show 30 More Show Full List
Goalie Careers summed season z The era-adjusted goalie career board.
Showing 25 of 25 ranked entries.
1 Patrick Roy Goalie · 1986–2003 · 18 rated · peak 1992 32.34 2 Martin Brodeur Goalie · 1994–2014 · 20 rated · peak 1997 28.69 3 Tony Esposito Goalie · 1971–1984 · 14 rated · peak 1974 · partial coverage 24.52 4 Dominik Hasek Goalie · 1992–2008 · 15 rated · peak 1999 22.99 5 Ed Belfour Goalie · 1989–2007 · 17 rated · peak 1993 22.08 6 Ken Dryden Goalie · 1972–1979 · 7 rated · peak 1977 19.41 7 Andrei Vasilevskiy Goalie · 2015–2026 · 12 rated · peak 2021 18.76 8 Connor Hellebuyck Goalie · 2016–2026 · 11 rated · peak 2025 18.39 9 Henrik Lundqvist Goalie · 2006–2020 · 15 rated · peak 2012 18.01 10 Marc-Andre Fleury Goalie · 2004–2025 · 21 rated · peak 2021 17.64 11 John Vanbiesbrouck Goalie · 1985–2000 · 16 rated · peak 1986 17.3 12 Sergei Bobrovsky Goalie · 2011–2026 · 16 rated · peak 2017 16.83 13 Roberto Luongo Goalie · 2000–2019 · 19 rated · peak 2011 15.93 14 Tuukka Rask Goalie · 2010–2021 · 12 rated · peak 2014 15.82 15 Andy Moog Goalie · 1983–1998 · 15 rated · peak 1990 14.53 16 Tom Barrasso Goalie · 1984–1999 · 14 rated · peak 1985 14.29 17 Curtis Joseph Goalie · 1990–2009 · 19 rated · peak 1992 13.88 18 Bernie Parent Goalie · 1971–1979 · 8 rated · peak 1974 · partial coverage 13.83 19 Rogie Vachon Goalie · 1971–1982 · 12 rated · peak 1975 · partial coverage 13.48 20 Dan Bouchard Goalie · 1973–1986 · 14 rated · peak 1974 13.07 21 Pekka Rinne Goalie · 2009–2021 · 13 rated · peak 2018 13.04 22 Ron Hextall Goalie · 1987–1999 · 12 rated · peak 1987 12.55 23 Carey Price Goalie · 2008–2021 · 14 rated · peak 2014 12.38 24 Billy Smith Goalie · 1973–1989 · 17 rated · peak 1982 12 25 Mike Liut Goalie · 1980–1992 · 12 rated · peak 1987 11.27
Skater Careers summed season z The era-adjusted skater career board.
Showing 25 of 25 ranked entries.
1 Gordie Howe Skater · 1947–1980 · 26 rated · peak 1951 60.92 2 Wayne Gretzky Skater · 1980–1999 · 20 rated · peak 1982 59.21 3 Alex Ovechkin Skater · 2006–2026 · 21 rated · peak 2008 53.5 4 Jaromir Jagr Skater · 1991–2018 · 23 rated · peak 1996 53 5 Sidney Crosby Skater · 2006–2026 · 21 rated · peak 2010 51.54 6 Mark Messier Skater · 1980–2004 · 25 rated · peak 1990 48.13 7 Joe Sakic Skater · 1989–2009 · 20 rated · peak 1996 47.33 8 Steve Yzerman Skater · 1984–2006 · 22 rated · peak 1989 46.91 9 Ron Francis Skater · 1982–2003 · 22 rated · peak 1996 42.3 10 Mats Sundin Skater · 1991–2009 · 18 rated · peak 1997 41.67 11 Ray Bourque Skater · 1980–2001 · 22 rated · peak 1996 41.59 12 Patrick Kane Skater · 2008–2026 · 19 rated · peak 2013 41.14 13 Marcel Dionne Skater · 1972–1989 · 18 rated · peak 1980 41.07 14 Brendan Shanahan Skater · 1988–2009 · 21 rated · peak 1997 40.87 15 Phil Esposito Skater · 1964–1981 · 18 rated · peak 1971 40.47 16 Joe Thornton Skater · 1998–2022 · 24 rated · peak 2008 40.4 17 Luc Robitaille Skater · 1987–2006 · 19 rated · peak 1993 39.86 18 Brett Hull Skater · 1988–2004 · 17 rated · peak 1991 39.79 19 Mike Modano Skater · 1990–2011 · 21 rated · peak 1997 39.66 20 Stan Mikita Skater · 1960–1980 · 21 rated · peak 1967 39.13 21 Anze Kopitar Skater · 2007–2026 · 20 rated · peak 2018 39.05 22 Evgeni Malkin Skater · 2007–2026 · 20 rated · peak 2008 38.95 23 Teemu Selanne Skater · 1993–2014 · 20 rated · peak 1997 38.27 24 Jarome Iginla Skater · 1997–2017 · 20 rated · peak 2008 38.02 25 Steven Stamkos Skater · 2009–2026 · 18 rated · peak 2013 37.63