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Goodfellow vs Sallinen

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GoodfellowWinner
87.7

Goodfellow wins: Dominance, Honours

Sallinen
87.6

Sallinen wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Ebbie Goodfellow
87.7

Goodfellow leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Hart Trophy winner in 1940 and a three-time Stanley Cup champion.

1. Ebbie Goodfellow
87.7
2. Riikka Sallinen
87.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points 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 · Points per season
1. 🇨🇦 Ebbie Goodfellow5 seasons played · career day 1,825300 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇮 Riikka Sallinen5 seasons played · career day 2,556192 points
-36.0% vs Goodfellow at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Goodfellow0050105300630
🇫🇮 Sallinen000065266

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.

MetricGoodfellowRetiredSallinenRetired
Stanley Cups3
Hart Trophies1
Career points324
All-star selections3
Seasons played1427
Olympic medals3
World Championship medals9
Finland caps150
Hall of Fame inductions1
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8694
Honours w20%9084
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Goodfellow87.7
Sallinen87.6
The people
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