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Smith vs Seymour

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SmithWinner
85.5

Smith wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Seymour
85.4

Seymour wins: Honours

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Time range

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jimmy Smith
85.5

Smith leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Five-time Pro Bowl receiver with nine straight 1,000-yard seasons.

1. Jimmy Smith
85.5
2. Richard Seymour
85.4

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. 🇺🇸 Jimmy Smith5 seasons played · career day 2,9215,674 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Richard Seymour5 seasons played · career day 1,82524.5 touchdowns
-99.6% vs Smith at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Smith00002886,887
🇺🇸 Seymour0038.524.547

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.

MetricSmithRetiredSeymourRetired
Pro Bowls57
Career receiving yards12,287
1,000-yard seasons9
Career receptions862
Receiving touchdowns67
Super Bowl titles3
Career sacks57.5
First-team All-Pro selections3
Seasons played12
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%8088
Statistics w15%9286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Smith85.5
Seymour85.4
The people
Smith
Seymour

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