Who is better, Taurasi or Marta?
Marta Vieira da Silva leads with a cross-sport score of 95.0 against 92.3 for Diana Taurasi — a gap of 2.7 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Taurasi vs Marta
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Marta Vieira da Silva above Diana Taurasi: 95.0 vs 92.3. Marta Vieira da Silva leads on Peak, Dominance, Statistics. Diana Taurasi leads on Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
MartaWinner
95.0Marta wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics
Taurasi
92.3Taurasi wins: Longevity, Honours
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇧🇷 Marta Vieira da Silva
95.0
95.0 in-sport × 1.00 Global participation & competition depth
Marta leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Marta Vieira da Silvadepth ×1.00
2. Diana Taurasidepth ×0.98
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · season output
1. 🇧🇷 Marta Vieira da Silva89 output
5 seasons by age 21 · 17.8 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
2. 🇺🇸 Diana Taurasi0 output
0 seasons by age 21 · 0 per season
Taurasi is -100.0% behind Marta's pace at age 21
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | TaurasiRetired | MartaActive |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 94 | 96 |
| Peak w20% | 93 | 97 |
| Longevity w20% | 96 | 94 |
| Honours w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 96 |
| WNBA points | 10,646 | — |
| WNBA titles | 3 | — |
| Olympic golds | 6 | — |
| All-Star selections | 11 | — |
| Finals MVP | 1 | — |
| Seasons played | 20 | — |
| FIFA World Player awards | — | 6 |
| World Cup goals | — | 17 |
| Brazil caps | — | 200 |
| Brazil goals | — | 119 |
| Olympic medals | — | 3 |
| World Cups played | — | 6 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Marta95.0
Taurasi92.3
FAQ
Where does Taurasi beat Marta?
Taurasi scores higher on honours, longevity. Marta leads on peak, dominance, statistics.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Taurasi 0.98 (basketball) and Marta 1.00 (football). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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