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Béliveau vs Crosby

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BéliveauWinner
90.0

Béliveau wins: Honours

Crosby
90.0

Crosby wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Jean Béliveau
90.0

Béliveau leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Ten Stanley Cups as a player — more than any other captain in history.

1. Jean Béliveau
90.0
2. Sidney Crosby
90.0

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. 🇨🇦 Sidney Crosby5 seasons played · career day 1,825506 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Jean Béliveau5 seasons played · career day 2,921338 points
-33.2% vs Crosby at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Béliveau0000107429
🇨🇦 Crosby00102222506769

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.

MetricBéliveauRetiredCrosbyActive
Stanley Cups103
Hart Trophies22
Art Ross Trophies12
Conn Smythe Trophies12
NHL points1,2191,650
All-Star selections13
Olympic golds2
Dominance w25%8888
Peak w20%9091
Longevity w20%9092
Honours w20%9490
Statistics w15%8889

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GOAT Rank · the data
Béliveau90.0
Crosby90.0
The people
Béliveau
Crosby

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