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Drinkwater vs Cook

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DrinkwaterWinner
84.0

Drinkwater wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Cook
84.0

Cook wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Graham Drinkwater
84.0

Drinkwater leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won five Stanley Cups with the Montreal Victorias in the 1890s.

1. Graham Drinkwater
84.0
2. Bun Cook
84.0

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. 🇨🇦 Graham Drinkwater5 seasons played · career day 1,825375 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Bun Cook5 seasons played · career day 1,825322 points
-14.1% vs Drinkwater at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Drinkwater0055120375490
🇨🇦 Cook0050107322655

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.

MetricDrinkwaterRetiredCookRetired
Stanley Cups52
Seasons played711
Career goals42158
Games played48473
Cup-winning seasons in a row3
Career points302
Dominance w25%8480
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%7080
Honours w20%9286
Statistics w15%8488

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Drinkwater84.0
Cook84.0
The people
Drinkwater
Cook

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