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Bonds vs Johnson

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BondsWinner
92.3

Bonds wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Johnson
90.5

Johnson wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Barry Bonds
92.3

Bonds leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.

1. Barry Bonds
92.3
2. Randy Johnson
90.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Home runs per season

Career timeline · Home runs per season

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

GOAT pace tracker

Through age 22 · Home runs per season
1. 🇺🇸 Barry Bonds16 home runs
1 season by age 22 · 16 per season

Setting the pace at age 22

No verified birth date for Johnson — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 22, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricBondsRetiredJohnsonRetired
Home runs762
World Series titles01
Career OPS1.051
Batting average0.298
MVP awards7
Walks2,558
Cy Young Awards5
Strikeouts4,875
World Series MVP1
Perfect games1
Career wins303
Dominance w25%9388
Peak w20%9794
Longevity w20%9290
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9694

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Bonds92.3
Johnson90.5
The people
Bonds
Johnson

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