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Best vs Tévez

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BestWinner
84.3

Best wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Tévez
84.3

Tévez wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 George Best
84.3

Best leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Ballon d'Or winner in 1968 and the European Cup's star of the same season.

1. George Best
84.3
2. Carlos Tévez
84.3

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. 🇬🇧 George Best5 seasons played · career day 1,825361 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇦🇷 Carlos Tévez5 seasons played · career day 1,82539 goals
-89.2% vs Best at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Best0055119361725
🇦🇷 Tévez001939114

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.

MetricBestRetiredTévezRetired
Ballon d'Or awards1
European Cup titles1
First Division titles2
United goals179
English top-scorer awards1
Premier League titles2
Champions League titles1
Copa Libertadores titles1
Serie A titles3
South American Footballer of the Year awards1
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9688
Longevity w20%7284
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8684

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Best84.3
Tévez84.3
The people
Best
Tévez

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