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Cook vs Esposito

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CookWinner
88.2

Cook wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Esposito
88.1

Esposito wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Bill Cook
88.2

Cook leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Scored the Cup-winning goal in 1933 and won two scoring titles.

1. Bill Cook
88.2
2. Phil Esposito
88.1

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. 🇨🇦 Phil Esposito5 seasons played · career day 2,191349 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Bill Cook5 seasons played · career day 1,825345 points
-1.1% vs Esposito at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Cook0055117345692
🇨🇦 Esposito00023223733

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.

MetricCookRetiredEspositoRetired
Stanley Cups22
Scoring titles2
Career goals229
Career points367
All-star selections4
Art Ross Trophies5
Hart Trophies2
NHL points1,590
NHL goals717
Summit Series points13
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%8086
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cook88.2
Esposito88.1
The people
Cook
Esposito

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