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Gren vs Rossi

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GrenWinner
85.0

Gren wins: Longevity

Rossi
85.0

Rossi wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Gunnar Gren
85.0

Gren leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic gold in 1948 and part of Milan's celebrated Gre-No-Li trio.

1. Gunnar Gren
85.0
2. Paolo Rossi
85.0

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. 🇮🇹 Paolo Rossi5 seasons played · career day 1,825304 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Gunnar Gren5 seasons played · career day 1,825272 goals
-10.5% vs Rossi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Gren004595272572
🇮🇹 Rossi0050105304646

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.

MetricGrenRetiredRossiRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Serie A titles12
World Cup finals1
Swedish league titles1
Sweden caps57
World Cup titles1
World Cup Golden Boot awards1
Ballon d'Or awards1
European Cup titles1
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9298
Longevity w20%8670
Honours w20%8490
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Gren85.0
Rossi85.0
The people
Gren
Rossi

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