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Ljungberg vs Dalglish

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LjungbergWinner
87.3

Ljungberg wins: Peak, Statistics

Dalglish
87.3

Dalglish wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Hanna Ljungberg
87.3

Ljungberg leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World Cup runner-up in 2003 and Sweden's record club goalscorer of her era.

1. Hanna Ljungberg
87.3
2. Kenny Dalglish
87.3

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. 🇸🇪 Hanna Ljungberg5 seasons played · career day 1,826332 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Kenny Dalglish5 seasons played · career day 1,82579 goals
-76.2% vs Ljungberg at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Ljungberg0055116254687
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dalglish0012479169

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.

MetricLjungbergRetiredDalglishRetired
Sweden caps130
Sweden goals72
Damallsvenskan titles5
World Cup finals1
Damallsvenskan goals130
European Cups3
League titles13
Scotland caps102
Career goals350
Ballon d'Or podiums2
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%8288
Honours w20%8690
Statistics w15%9284

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ljungberg87.3
Dalglish87.3
The people
Ljungberg
Dalglish

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