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Kaká vs Messi
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MessiWinner
97.0Messi wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Kaká
22.4Kaká wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
97.0
Messi leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Eight Ballons d'Or and a World Cup to close the argument.
1. Lionel Messi
2. Kaká
Category breakdown
Season form · Goals per season
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · Goals per season
1. 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi79 goals
4 seasons by age 21 · 19.8 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Kaká — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
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 | KakáRetired | MessiActive · Inter Miami CF |
|---|---|---|
| Samba Gold | 1 | — |
| Ballon d'Or | 1 | 8 |
| Serie A Footballer of the Year | 1 | — |
| Career goals | — | 879 |
| Career assists | — | 383 |
| World Cups | — | 1 |
| Champions League titles | — | 4 |
| League titles | — | 12 |
| Goals per 90 | — | 0.79 |
| Dominance w25% | 23.1 | 98 |
| Peak w20% | 25.1 | 99 |
| Longevity w20% | 16.3 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 28.9 | 97 |
| Statistics w15% | 17.3 | 99 |
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