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Little vs Sanders

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SandersWinner
82.8

Sanders wins: Longevity, Honours

Little
82.7

Little wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Charlie Sanders
82.8

Sanders leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Seven-time Pro Bowl tight end for Detroit in the 1970s.

1. Charlie Sanders
82.8
2. Floyd Little
82.7

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. 🇺🇸 Floyd Little5 seasons played · career day 1,825363 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Charlie Sanders5 seasons played · career day 1,826360 touchdowns
-0.8% vs Little at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Little0050111363593
🇺🇸 Sanders0050111266618

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.

MetricLittleRetiredSandersRetired
Rushing titles1
Career rushing yards6,323
Pro Bowls57
All-purpose yards12,173
Seasons played910
Career receptions336
Receiving yards4,817
Receiving touchdowns31
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%7678
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%9088

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Sanders82.8
Little82.7
The people
Little
Sanders

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