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Covert vs Urlacher

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CovertWinner
79.7

Covert wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Urlacher
79.6

Urlacher wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jim Covert
79.7

Covert leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Anchored the Super Bowl XX Bears offensive line.

1. Jim Covert
79.7
2. Brian Urlacher
79.6

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. 🇺🇸 Brian Urlacher5 seasons played · career day 1,826706 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jim Covert5 seasons played · career day 1,82520 touchdowns
-97.2% vs Urlacher at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Covert00262026
🇺🇸 Urlacher001252736401,307

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.

MetricCovertRetiredUrlacherRetired
Super Bowl titles1
Pro Bowls28
First-team All-Pro selections2
Games played111
All-Decade team selections1
Defensive Player of the Year awards1
All-Pro first teams4
Career tackles1,361
Career interceptions22
Dominance w25%8076
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%6478
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Covert79.7
Urlacher79.6
The people
Covert
Urlacher

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