Rice vs Fitzgerald
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Rice wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Fitzgerald wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Rice leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
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
Setting the pace at age 23
No verified birth date for Fitzgerald — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 23, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | RiceRetired | FitzgeraldRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Super Bowl rings | 3 | — |
| Super Bowl MVP | 1 | — |
| Receiving yards | 22,895 | — |
| Receiving touchdowns | 197 | — |
| Receptions | 1,549 | — |
| Pro Bowls | 13 | 11 |
| Career receptions | — | 1,432 |
| Career receiving yards | — | 17,492 |
| Career touchdowns | — | 121 |
| Seasons played | — | 17 |
| Dominance w25% | 96 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 96 | 94 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 86 |
| Statistics w15% | 99 | 94 |
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