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Long vs Taylor

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LongWinner
84.1

Long wins: Peak, Honours

Taylor
84.0

Taylor wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Howie Long
84.1

Long leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Super Bowl champion and eight-time Pro Bowl defensive end for the Raiders.

1. Howie Long
84.1
2. Jason Taylor
84.0

Category breakdown

Season form · Touchdowns per season

Career timeline · Touchdowns 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 · Touchdowns per season
1. 🇺🇸 Howie Long5 seasons played · career day 1,825375 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jason Taylor5 seasons played · career day 1,82542 touchdowns
-88.8% vs Long at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Long0055120375681
🇺🇸 Taylor005144295

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.

MetricLongRetiredTaylorRetired
Super Bowl titles1
Pro Bowl selections86
Career sacks84139.5
First-team All-Pro selections2
Seasons played13
Defensive Player of the Year awards1
Forced fumbles47
Defensive touchdowns9
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8688

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Long84.1
Taylor84.0
The people
Long
Taylor

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