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Shell vs Upshaw

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ShellWinner
88.5

Shell wins: no category outright

Upshaw
88.5

Upshaw wins: no category outright

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Art Shell
88.5

Shell leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time Super Bowl champion tackle and the NFL's first Black head coach of the modern era.

1. Art Shell
88.5
2. Gene Upshaw
88.5

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. 🇺🇸 Art Shell5 seasons played · career day 1,82615 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Gene Upshaw5 seasons played · career day 1,82515 touchdowns
0.0% vs Shell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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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.

MetricShellRetiredUpshawRetired
Super Bowl titles22
Pro Bowls87
Games played207217
Seasons played1515
Hall of Fame inductions1
First-team All-Pro selections5
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%9292
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Shell88.5
Upshaw88.5
The people
Shell
Upshaw

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