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Lacombe vs Neuer

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LacombeWinner
86.8

Lacombe wins: Statistics

Neuer
86.8

Neuer wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Bernard Lacombe
86.8

Lacombe leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. European champion with France in 1984 and one of Ligue 1's top scorers.

1. Bernard Lacombe
86.8
2. Manuel Neuer
86.8

Category breakdown

Season form · Goals per season

Career timeline · Goals 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 · Goals per season
1. 🇫🇷 Bernard Lacombe5 seasons played · career day 1,825306 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Manuel Neuer5 seasons played · career day 2,19070 goals
-77.1% vs Lacombe at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Lacombe0052109306632
🇩🇪 Neuer0001254124

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.

MetricLacombeRetiredNeuerActive
Ligue 1 goals255
European Championship titles1
Ligue 1 top scorer awards1
France caps38
League titles2
World Cups1
Champions League titles2
Bundesliga titles12
Clean sheets400
Germany caps124
Yashin/Lev Yashin awards1
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8688
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lacombe86.8
Neuer86.8
The people
Lacombe
Neuer

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