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Del Piero vs Zanetti

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Del PieroWinner
84.5

Del Piero wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Zanetti
83.0

Zanetti wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Alessandro Del Piero
84.5

Del Piero leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Juventus' all-time top scorer and a World Cup winner in 2006.

1. Alessandro Del Piero
84.5
2. Javier Zanetti
83.0

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. 🇦🇷 Javier Zanetti5 seasons played · career day 2,921167 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Alessandro Del Piero5 seasons played · career day 2,55654 goals
-67.7% vs Zanetti at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Del Piero00002569
🇦🇷 Zanetti000032203

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.

MetricDel PieroRetiredZanettiRetired
Career goals346
Serie A titles65
World Cups1
Champions League titles11
Appearances for Juventus705
Serie A top scorer1
Appearances for Inter858
Argentina caps143
Coppa Italia titles4
Club World Cups1
Dominance w25%8076
Peak w20%8682
Longevity w20%9096
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8680

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GOAT Rank · the data
Del Piero84.5
Zanetti83.0
The people
Del Piero
Zanetti

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