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Shore vs Thornton

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ShoreWinner
87.0

Shore wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Thornton
84.1

Thornton wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Eddie Shore
87.0

Shore leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The only defenceman to win four Hart Trophies as league MVP.

1. Eddie Shore
87.0
2. Joe Thornton
84.1

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. 🇨🇦 Joe Thornton5 seasons played · career day 1,825247 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Eddie Shore5 seasons played · career day 2,556117 points
-52.6% vs Thornton at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Shore000037178
🇨🇦 Thornton00748247481

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.

MetricShoreRetiredThorntonRetired
Hart Trophies41
Stanley Cups2
First-team All-Star selections7
Career points2841,539
NHL games played5501,714
Career assists1,109
Art Ross Trophies1
Dominance w25%8876
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%8294
Honours w20%8876
Statistics w15%8490

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Shore87.0
Thornton84.1
The people
Shore
Thornton

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