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Hunter vs Bunning

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HunterWinner
81.8

Hunter wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Bunning
81.6

Bunning wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Catfish Hunter
81.8

Hunter leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won five World Series rings and the 1974 Cy Young Award.

1. Catfish Hunter
81.8
2. Jim Bunning
81.6

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

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Home runs per season
1. 🇺🇸 Catfish Hunter5 seasons played · career day 1,825314 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jim Bunning5 seasons played · career day 1,825306 home runs
-2.5% vs Hunter at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hunter0050106314666
🇺🇸 Bunning0050106306650

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.

MetricHunterRetiredBunningRetired
Career wins224224
World Series titles5
Cy Young Awards1
Perfect games11
All-Star selections89
Career strikeouts2,855
No-hitters2
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%7078
Honours w20%8680
Statistics w15%8486

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hunter81.8
Bunning81.6
The people
Hunter
Bunning

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