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Kennedy vs Hampton

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KennedyWinner
85.8

Kennedy wins: Peak

Hampton
85.8

Hampton wins: Honours

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Cortez Kennedy
85.8

Kennedy leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Defensive Player of the Year in 1992 on a two-win Seattle team.

1. Cortez Kennedy
85.8
2. Dan Hampton
85.8

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. 🇺🇸 Cortez Kennedy5 seasons played · career day 1,825394 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Dan Hampton5 seasons played · career day 1,825327 touchdowns
-17.0% vs Kennedy at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Kennedy0050124394654
🇺🇸 Hampton0050108327670

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.

MetricKennedyRetiredHamptonRetired
Defensive Player of the Year awards1
Pro Bowls84
Career sacks5882
All-Pro selections34
Seasons played1112
Super Bowl titles1
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8888

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Kennedy85.8
Hampton85.8
The people
Kennedy
Hampton

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