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Bethea vs Alworth

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BetheaWinner
86.7

Bethea wins: Longevity, Statistics

Alworth
86.7

Alworth wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Elvin Bethea
86.7

Bethea leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Eight Pro Bowls and 105 unofficial sacks for Houston.

1. Elvin Bethea
86.7
2. Lance Alworth
86.7

Category breakdown

Season form · Touchdowns per season

Career timeline · Touchdowns 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 · Touchdowns per season
1. 🇺🇸 Lance Alworth5 seasons played · career day 1,825329 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Elvin Bethea5 seasons played · career day 1,826307 touchdowns
-6.7% vs Alworth at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bethea0050106234653
🇺🇸 Alworth0045100329643

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.

MetricBetheaRetiredAlworthRetired
Unofficial career sacks105
Pro Bowls8
Seasons played16
Games played210
Sacks in one game4
Receiving yards10,266
Receiving touchdowns85
All-AFL selections7
Consecutive games with a catch96
Super Bowl titles1
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%9076
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bethea86.7
Alworth86.7
The people
Bethea
Alworth

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