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Lafleur vs Poulin

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PoulinWinner
87.3

Poulin wins: Dominance, Peak

Lafleur
86.6

Lafleur wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Marie-Philip Poulin
87.3

Poulin leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captain Clutch: scorer in four Olympic gold-medal games for Canada.

1. Marie-Philip Poulin
87.3
2. Guy Lafleur
86.6

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. 🇨🇦 Guy Lafleur5 seasons played · career day 1,825419 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Marie-Philip Poulin5 seasons played · career day 2,55686 points
-79.5% vs Lafleur at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Lafleur0064119419941
🇨🇦 Poulin000045124

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.

MetricLafleurRetiredPoulinActive
Stanley Cups5
Art Ross Trophies3
Hart Trophies2
NHL points1,353
NHL goals560
Conn Smythe Trophies1
Olympic golds3
Olympic medals5
World Championship golds3
PWHL titles1
Olympic gold-medal-game goals4
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Poulin87.3
Lafleur86.6
The people
Lafleur
Poulin

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