Lewis vs Maradona
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Lewis wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Maradona wins: Dominance, Peak
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Verdict
93.1 in-sport × 0.96 Global participation & competition depth
Lewis leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Lewis — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | LewisRetired | MaradonaRetired · Napoli |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 93 | 95 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 98 |
| Longevity w20% | 92 | 82 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 93 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 91 |
| Olympic golds | 9 | — |
| World Championship golds | 8 | — |
| Olympic medals | 10 | — |
| World records | 3 | — |
| Long jump win streak | 65 | — |
| 100 m personal best | 9.86 | — |
| Career goals | — | 353 |
| Career assists | — | 213 |
| Ballon d'Or | — | 0 |
| World Cups | — | 1 |
| Champions League titles | — | 0 |
| League titles | — | 3 |
| Goals per 90 | — | 0.51 |
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