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Potter vs Connell

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PotterWinner
87.3

Potter wins: Longevity, Honours

Connell
87.3

Connell wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jenny Potter
87.3

Potter leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion in 1998 and a four-time Olympian for the United States.

1. Jenny Potter
87.3
2. Alec Connell
87.3

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. 🇺🇸 Jenny Potter5 seasons played · career day 2,19080 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Alec Connell5 seasons played · career day 1,82649 points
-38.7% vs Potter at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Potter0001260134
🇨🇦 Connell008234267

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.

MetricPotterRetiredConnellRetired
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals4
World Championship golds4
USA caps200
Olympic points30
Stanley Cups2
Career shutouts81
Consecutive shutouts record6
Career goals-against average1.91
NHL games played417
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%9092

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Potter87.3
Connell87.3
The people
Potter
Connell

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