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Cheevers vs Drake

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CheeversWinner
87.3

Cheevers wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Drake
87.3

Drake wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Gerry Cheevers
87.3

Cheevers leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two Stanley Cups in Boston and a 32-game unbeaten streak in 1971-72.

1. Gerry Cheevers
87.3
2. Clare Drake
87.3

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. 🇨🇦 Gerry Cheevers5 seasons played · career day 1,825275 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Clare Drake5 seasons played · career day 2,19090 points
-67.3% vs Cheevers at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Cheevers004595275589
🇨🇦 Drake0001468153

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.

MetricCheeversRetiredDrakeRetired
Stanley Cups2
Unbeaten streak in games32
Career wins230
WHA Avco Cups1
Career shutouts26
University national titles6
University coaching wins697
Conference titles17
Olympic teams coached1
Seasons as a head coach28
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8494
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cheevers87.3
Drake87.3
The people
Cheevers
Drake

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