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Ham vs Barber

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BarberWinner
88.0

Barber wins: Longevity, Statistics

Ham
87.9

Ham wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Time range

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Ronde Barber
88.0

Barber leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Super Bowl champion and the only NFL player with 45 interceptions and 25 sacks.

1. Ronde Barber
88.0
2. Jack Ham
87.9

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. 🇺🇸 Jack Ham5 seasons played · career day 1,82514 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Ronde Barber5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 touchdowns
-21.4% vs Ham at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ham00291427
🇺🇸 Barber00021121

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.

MetricHamRetiredBarberRetired
Super Bowl titles41
Pro Bowls85
First-team All-Pro selections6
Career interceptions3247
Fumble recoveries21
Career sacks28
Consecutive starts215
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8294
Honours w20%9286
Statistics w15%8890

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Barber88.0
Ham87.9
The people
Ham
Barber

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