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Macauley vs Dragić

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DragićWinner
80.4

Dragić wins: Longevity

Macauley
80.3

Macauley wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇮 Goran Dragić
80.4

Dragić leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. NBA All-Star, Most Improved Player and EuroBasket 2017 champion with Slovenia.

1. Goran Dragić
80.4
2. Ed Macauley
80.3

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. 🇺🇸 Ed Macauley5 seasons played · career day 1,825394 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇮 Goran Dragić5 seasons played · career day 1,82645.8 points per game
-88.4% vs Macauley at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Macauley0060131394662
🇸🇮 Dragić004.511.931.1116.7

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.

MetricMacauleyRetiredDragićRetired
NBA titles1
All-Star selections7
Career points per game17.5
All-Star Game MVP awards1
Seasons played10
NBA All-Star selections1
EuroBasket titles1
EuroBasket MVP awards1
Most Improved Player awards1
Career points12,000
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%7282
Honours w20%8276
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Dragić80.4
Macauley80.3
The people
Macauley
Dragić

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