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Curry vs Cunningham

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CurryWinner
84.5

Curry wins: Longevity

Cunningham
84.5

Cunningham wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Time range

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

Category radar

Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Denise Curry
84.5

Curry leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic gold medallist in 1984 and a Naismith Hall of Fame college legend at UCLA.

1. Denise Curry
84.5
2. Billy Cunningham
84.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per game

Career timeline · Points per game

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 game
1. 🇺🇸 Denise Curry5 seasons played · career day 1,825110.6 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Billy Cunningham5 seasons played · career day 1,825101.3 points per game
-8.4% vs Curry at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Curry0018.440.8110.6182.8
🇺🇸 Cunningham0014.332.8101.3193.1

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.

MetricCurryRetiredCunninghamRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship golds1
UCLA career points3,198
Wade Trophy awards1
French league titles5
NBA titles as player1
NBA titles as coach1
ABA MVP awards1
All-Star selections4
Career points per game20.8
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8072
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Curry84.5
Cunningham84.5
The people
Curry
Cunningham

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