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Bailey vs Sharpe

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BaileyWinner
89.8

Bailey wins: Dominance, Longevity

Sharpe
89.6

Sharpe wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Champ Bailey
89.8

Bailey leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Twelve Pro Bowls, the most ever by a cornerback.

1. Champ Bailey
89.8
2. Shannon Sharpe
89.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Touchdowns per season

Career timeline · Touchdowns 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 · Touchdowns per season
1. 🇺🇸 Champ Bailey5 seasons played · career day 1,825334 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Shannon Sharpe5 seasons played · career day 1,825262 touchdowns
-21.6% vs Bailey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bailey0055116334693
🇺🇸 Sharpe004086262584

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.

MetricBaileyRetiredSharpeRetired
Pro Bowls128
Interceptions52
Passes defended203
First-team All-Pro selections3
Seasons played15
Super Bowl titles3
Receiving yards10,060
Receptions815
Receiving touchdowns62
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%9088
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bailey89.8
Sharpe89.6
The people
Bailey
Sharpe

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