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Lindahl vs Kirby

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LindahlWinner
82.3

Lindahl wins: Longevity

Kirby
82.3

Kirby wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Hedvig Lindahl
82.3

Lindahl leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. One of Sweden's most-capped players with Olympic silver and World Cup bronze medals.

1. Hedvig Lindahl
82.3
2. Fran Kirby
82.3

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. 🇸🇪 Hedvig Lindahl5 seasons played · career day 1,82672 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fran Kirby5 seasons played · career day 1,82560 goals
-16.7% vs Lindahl at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Lindahl0061852157
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kirby0082060123

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.

MetricLindahlRetiredKirbyActive
Sweden caps190
Olympic silver medals2
World Cup bronze medals2
Women's Super League titles25
Damallsvenskan titles3
European Championship titles1
FWA Women's Footballer of the Year awards2
England caps77
England goals19
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%8288
Longevity w20%9278
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8082

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lindahl82.3
Kirby82.3
The people
Lindahl
Kirby

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