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Olmstead vs Lemaire

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OlmsteadWinner
88.0

Olmstead wins: Longevity, Statistics

Lemaire
87.9

Lemaire wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Bert Olmstead
88.0

Olmstead leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won five Stanley Cups and led the NHL in assists twice.

1. Bert Olmstead
88.0
2. Jacques Lemaire
87.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points 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 · Points per season
1. 🇨🇦 Jacques Lemaire5 seasons played · career day 1,825360 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Bert Olmstead5 seasons played · career day 1,826307 points
-14.7% vs Lemaire at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Olmstead0050106234653
🇨🇦 Lemaire0060126360717

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.

MetricOlmsteadRetiredLemaireRetired
Stanley Cups58
Assist titles2
Career points602
Assists421
Seasons played14
NHL goals366
NHL points835
Cup-winning goals2
NHL games853
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8680
Honours w20%9494
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Olmstead88.0
Lemaire87.9
The people
Olmstead
Lemaire

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