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Battles vs Jefferson

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BattlesWinner
80.6

Battles wins: Longevity, Honours

Jefferson
80.4

Jefferson wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Cliff Battles
80.6

Battles leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. NFL champion in 1937 and the league's first 200-yard rusher.

1. Cliff Battles
80.6
2. Justin Jefferson
80.4

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. 🇺🇸 Justin Jefferson5 seasons played · career day 1,8267,432 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Cliff Battles5 seasons played · career day 1,826372 touchdowns
-95.0% vs Jefferson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Battles0060127283468
🇺🇸 Jefferson001,4003,0165,8998,832

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.

MetricBattlesRetiredJeffersonActive
NFL titles1
Rushing titles2
First-team All-Pro selections3
Career rushing yards3,622
Seasons played6
Offensive Player of the Year awards1
Pro Bowl selections4
All-Pro first teams3
Receiving yards peak1,809
Career receiving yards7,000
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%6258
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%8692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Battles80.6
Jefferson80.4
The people
Battles
Jefferson

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