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Langer vs Lary

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LaryWinner
88.0

Lary wins: Longevity, Statistics

Langer
87.9

Langer wins: Dominance, Peak

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Yale Lary
88.0

Lary leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Three NFL titles, 50 interceptions and a 44.3-yard punting average.

1. Yale Lary
88.0
2. Jim Langer
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. 🇺🇸 Jim Langer5 seasons played · career day 1,825394 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Yale Lary5 seasons played · career day 1,826314 touchdowns
-20.3% vs Langer at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Langer0055124394683
🇺🇸 Lary0050106238665

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.

MetricLangerRetiredLaryRetired
Super Bowl titles2
Perfect seasons1
Pro Bowls69
All-Pro selections6
Seasons played1211
NFL titles3
Career interceptions50
Punting average44
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%8286
Honours w20%9090
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lary88.0
Langer87.9
The people
Langer
Lary

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