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Deco vs Hermoso

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DecoWinner
84.2

Deco wins: Dominance, Peak

Hermoso
84.1

Hermoso wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇹 Deco
84.2

Deco leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Champions League winner with both Porto and Barcelona and UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in 2004.

1. Deco
84.2
2. Jennifer Hermoso
84.1

Category breakdown

Season form · Goals per season

Career timeline · Goals 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 · Goals per season
1. 🇪🇸 Jennifer Hermoso5 seasons played · career day 2,55660 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇹 Deco5 seasons played · career day 1,82537 goals
-38.3% vs Hermoso at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇹 Deco00273772
🇪🇸 Hermoso00001893

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.

MetricDecoRetiredHermosoActive
Champions League titles21
UEFA Cup titles1
La Liga titles2
Primeira Liga titles3
Portugal caps75
World Cup titles1
Spain goals57
Liga F titles5
Liga F top-scorer awards3
Dominance w25%8480
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8086

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Deco84.2
Hermoso84.1
The people
Deco
Hermoso

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