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Barkley vs Howard

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BarkleyWinner
85.6

Barkley wins: Dominance, Statistics

Howard
84.6

Howard wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Charles Barkley
85.6

Barkley leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. An MVP at 6'6" who out-rebounded centres for 16 seasons.

1. Charles Barkley
85.6
2. Dwight Howard
84.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per game

Career timeline · Points per game

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 game
1. 🇺🇸 Charles Barkley5 seasons played · career day 1,826111.1 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Dwight Howard5 seasons played · career day 1,82686.7 points per game
-22.0% vs Barkley at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Barkley00143485.3212.6
🇺🇸 Howard001227.866.1165.6

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.

MetricBarkleyRetiredHowardRetired
MVP awards1
All-Star selections118
Career points23,757
Career rebounds12,54614,627
Olympic golds2
Rebounding titles15
NBA titles1
Defensive Player of the Year awards3
Dominance w25%8478
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%9290

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Barkley85.6
Howard84.6
The people
Barkley
Howard

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