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Curley vs Bure

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BureWinner
79.5

Bure wins: Longevity, Statistics

Curley
79.3

Curley wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Pavel Bure
79.5

Bure leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. The Russian Rocket: two 60-goal seasons and the fastest skater of the 1990s.

1. Pavel Bure
79.5
2. Cindy Curley
79.3

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points 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 · Points per season
1. 🇷🇺 Pavel Bure5 seasons played · career day 3,286377 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Cindy Curley5 seasons played · career day 2,19085 points
-77.5% vs Bure at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Curley000127185
🇷🇺 Bure000060377

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.

MetricCurleyRetiredBureRetired
World Championship medals1
Goals at 1990 Worlds11
Points at 1990 Worlds23
USA caps30
Hall of Fame inductions1
NHL goals437
60-goal seasons2
Calder Trophy1
Rocket Richard Trophies2
Olympic medals1
Goals per game0.623
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%6070
Honours w20%7874
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bure79.5
Curley79.3
The people
Curley
Bure

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