Eras
- Each player is assigned to the era where they earned the most career value
Positions
- Forwards
- Defencemen
- Goaltenders
- Each player is assigned the position in which they played the most career NHL games
[Read more about Eras and Positions here]
PPS System
#1. Career Value
- Career adjusted point shares ÷ 1.5
#2. Pace Value
- Skaters: [Career adjusted PS ÷ career Adjusted GP x 82] x 10
- Goaltenders: [Career adjusted PS ÷ career adjusted GP x 60] x 10
#3. Peak Value
- Best pace value over 7 consecutive seasons
- Minimum 3 adjusted seasons
#4. Timeline
- [Career + pace + peak values] x [-10% x (102 – NHL Debut) ÷ 101]
- NHL Debut: 1917-18 Season = 1 … 2021-22 Season = 104
#5. Bonus Value
- A. Playoff; B. International; C. Award share
A. Playoff
- Bonus system (below) based on Stanley Cup Score calibrated to era
- Add or subtract 5-point increments based on individual impact
- Maximum: Eras 1 & 2 = 40 points; Eras 3,4,5 = 30 points
Stanley Cup Score (SC+), Eras 2,3,4,5:
| Stanley Cup Results | Era 2 SC+ | Eras 3,4,5 SC+ |
| 5+ Cup Wins | 40 | |
| 4 Cup Wins | 30 | |
| 3+ Cup Wins | 30 | |
| 3 Cup Wins | 25 | |
| 2 Cup Wins | 20 | 20 |
| 1 Cup Win | 10 | 10 |
| 0 Cup Wins, 1+ Finals | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Cup Wins, 0 Finals | 0 | 0 |
Stanley Cup Score (SC+), Era 1: for each Cup-winning season:
[Number of NHL teams ÷ 8] x 10; rounded to nearest 5
+/- Individual impact
- Manual adjustment for clear contributions above or below SC+ in increments of +/- 5
- Only Conn Smythe Trophy wins (+5) may extend above maximum bonus
Note: For SC+ scoring, players must play in min. 50% of the team’s playoff GP, or make otherwise significant contribution
B. International
- Bonus system (below) based on best-on-best event team results
- ’72 Summit Series
- ’76, ’81, ’84, ’87, ’91 Canada Cups
- ’96, ’04, ’16 World Cups
- ’98, ’02, ’06, ’10, ’14 Olympics
- Bonus standards higher for Canadians vs. all other countries
- Maximum: Eras 1 & 2 = n/a (no events); Eras 3,4,5 = 10 points
Eras 3,4,5:
| International Results | Canadian Skaters | All Other Skaters | Canadian Goaltenders | All Other Goaltenders |
| 2+ Titles | 10 | |||
| 1 Title as key contributor, 2+ Events | 10 | |||
| 1 Title, 2+ Events | 10 | |||
| 1 Title as key contributor | 10 | |||
| 3+ Finals or Medals | 10 | |||
| 1 Title | 5 | |||
| 1 Final or Medal, 2+ Events | 5 | |||
| 1 Final or Medal as key contributor | 5 | |||
| 1 Title as Starter | 10 | 10 | ||
| 2+ Finals or Medals as Starter | 10 | |||
| 1 Title as Backup | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1 Final or Medal as Starter | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1 Final or Medal as Backup, 2+ Events | 5 | |||
| 0 Finals or Medals, outstanding performance | 5 | 5 |
C. Award Share
- Career positional award shares x 5
- Applicable trophies/honours for award shares below
Forwards:
- 1923-24 to present:
- Hart shares
Defencemen:
Goaltenders:
- 1981-82 to present:
- Vezina shares
- 1930-31 to 1980-81:
- 1st All-Star x 0.67
- 2nd All-Star x 0.33
- 1923-24 to 1929-30:
- Hart shares
- Bonus for Selke Trophy win (+2)
- Bonus for Hart Trophy win by defenceman or goaltender (+5) — 1930-31 to present
[Read more about PPS System here]
Hall of Fame Standards
- There are six PPS standards based on era and position
- A player is tiered based on their PPS relative to the standard for their era and position
- The number of eligible NHL players that meet the PPS standards will always match the actual HHOF (i.e., 207 through the 2022 cycle)
- Standards require annual adjusting once that year’s induction class is announced
- The standards are only intended to be a starting point for a player’s HHOF case
- Treating a player’s position relative to the standard as an open-and-shut HHOF case is not the purpose of the methodology
[Read more about HHOF Standards here]
Era concepts, PPS System, Adjusted PS, Adjusted GP, Adjusted Seasons, NHL Award Shares from Adjusted Hockey;
All other data from Hockey-Reference.com
Adjusted Hockey 