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Hextall vs Foyston

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FoystonWinner
86.2

Foyston wins: Longevity, Honours

Hextall
86.1

Hextall wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Frank Foyston
86.2

Foyston leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won the Stanley Cup with three different franchises.

1. Frank Foyston
86.2
2. Bryan Hextall
86.1

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. 🇨🇦 Bryan Hextall5 seasons played · career day 1,826342 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Frank Foyston5 seasons played · career day 1,826341 points
-0.3% vs Hextall at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Hextall0050109255678
🇨🇦 Foyston0055117260698

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.

MetricHextallRetiredFoystonRetired
Stanley Cups13
Scoring titles1
Goal-scoring titles2
Career goals187
Career points362
Professional goals242
Professional seasons16
PCHA scoring titles1
Hall of Fame inductions1
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8690
Statistics w15%9086

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Foyston86.2
Hextall86.1
The people
Hextall
Foyston

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