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Faneca vs Culp

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FanecaWinner
85.8

Faneca wins: Honours

Culp
85.7

Culp wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Alan Faneca
85.8

Faneca leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Super Bowl champion guard with nine Pro Bowls for Pittsburgh and beyond.

1. Alan Faneca
85.8
2. Curley Culp
85.7

Category breakdown

Season form · Touchdowns per season

Career timeline · Touchdowns per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Touchdowns per season
1. 🇺🇸 Alan Faneca5 seasons played · career day 1,82574 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Curley Culp5 seasons played · career day 1,82615 touchdowns
-79.7% vs Faneca at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Faneca00102674138
🇺🇸 Culp00131035

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricFanecaRetiredCulpRetired
Super Bowl titles11
Pro Bowls96
First-team All-Pro selections6
Games started201
Seasons played1314
Defensive Player of the Year awards1
Games played179
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8686
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Faneca85.8
Culp85.7
The people
Faneca
Culp

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