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Marchetti vs Peppers

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MarchettiWinner
91.3

Marchetti wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Peppers
90.9

Peppers wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Gino Marchetti
91.3

Marchetti leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Eleven Pro Bowls and two NFL titles as the era's best pass rusher.

1. Gino Marchetti
91.3
2. Julius Peppers
90.9

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. 🇺🇸 Julius Peppers5 seasons played · career day 1,825327 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Gino Marchetti5 seasons played · career day 1,826319 touchdowns
-2.4% vs Peppers at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Marchetti0050107242682
🇺🇸 Peppers0050108327689

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.

MetricMarchettiRetiredPeppersRetired
Pro Bowls119
All-Pro selections9
NFL titles2
Seasons played1417
Games played161
Career sacks159
Forced fumbles52
Interceptions11
Dominance w25%9288
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%8694
Honours w20%9288
Statistics w15%9094

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GOAT Rank · the data
Marchetti91.3
Peppers90.9
The people
Marchetti
Peppers

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