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Miller vs Beckman

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MillerWinner
83.3

Miller wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Beckman
83.3

Beckman wins: Longevity

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Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Cheryl Miller
83.3

Miller leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic and world champion widely rated the finest college player ever.

1. Cheryl Miller
83.3
2. John Beckman
83.3

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. 🇺🇸 Cheryl Miller5 seasons played · career day 1,825421 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 John Beckman5 seasons played · career day 1,825358 points per game
-15.0% vs Miller at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Miller0070154421421
🇺🇸 Beckman0058124358724

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.

MetricMillerRetiredBeckmanRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship golds1
NCAA titles2
Naismith Player of the Year awards3
College points per game23.6
Professional championships3
Hall of Fame induction1,973
Years at the top level22
Eastern League titles4
Career professional games800
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%5584
Honours w20%8876
Statistics w15%9082

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Miller83.3
Beckman83.3
The people
Miller
Beckman

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