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Ringo vs Hein

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RingoWinner
88.5

Ringo wins: Honours, Statistics

Hein
88.5

Hein wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jim Ringo
88.5

Ringo leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Ten Pro Bowls and 182 consecutive games at centre.

1. Jim Ringo
88.5
2. Mel Hein
88.5

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. 🇺🇸 Mel Hein5 seasons played · career day 1,825314 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jim Ringo5 seasons played · career day 1,825307 touchdowns
-2.2% vs Hein at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ringo0050106307653
🇺🇸 Hein0050106314669

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.

MetricRingoRetiredHeinRetired
Pro Bowls10
Consecutive games played182
NFL titles22
All-Pro selections7
Seasons played1515
NFL MVP awards1
First-team All-Pro selections8
Games missed0
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9092
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%9084

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ringo88.5
Hein88.5
The people
Ringo
Hein

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