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Petit vs Carvalho

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PetitWinner
82.6

Petit wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Carvalho
82.6

Carvalho wins: Dominance, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Emmanuel Petit
82.6

Petit leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Scored in the 1998 World Cup final and won the European Championship in 2000.

1. Emmanuel Petit
82.6
2. Ricardo Carvalho
82.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Goals per season

Career timeline · Goals 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 · Goals per season
1. 🇫🇷 Emmanuel Petit5 seasons played · career day 1,826296 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇹 Ricardo Carvalho5 seasons played · career day 1,826129 goals
-56.4% vs Petit at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Petit0050105228616
🇵🇹 Carvalho001844102225

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.

MetricPetitRetiredCarvalhoRetired
World Cup titles1
European Championship titles1
Premier League titles13
FA Cup titles1
France caps63
Champions League titles2
La Liga titles1
Primeira Liga titles3
Portugal caps89
Dominance w25%7680
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8076

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Petit82.6
Carvalho82.6
The people
Petit
Carvalho

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