Who is better, Jordan or Lilly?
Michael Jordan leads with a cross-sport score of 93.4 against 92.0 for Kristine Lilly — a gap of 1.4 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Jordan vs Lilly
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Michael Jordan above Kristine Lilly: 93.4 vs 92.0. Michael Jordan leads on Dominance, Peak, Honours. Kristine Lilly leads on Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
JordanWinner
93.4Jordan wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Lilly
92.0Lilly wins: Longevity
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇺🇸 Michael Jordan
93.4
95.3 in-sport × 0.98 Global participation & competition depth
Jordan leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Michael Jordandepth ×0.98
2. Kristine Lillydepth ×1.00
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 22 · season output
1. 🇺🇸 Michael Jordan28 output
1 season by age 22 · 28 per season
Setting the pace at age 22
No verified birth date for Lilly — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 22, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | JordanRetired · Washington Wizards | LillyRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 99 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 100 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 98 |
| Honours w20% | 96 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 97 | 94 |
| NBA titles | 6 | — |
| Finals MVP | 6 | — |
| Regular season MVP | 5 | — |
| Scoring titles | 10 | — |
| Points per game | 30.1 | — |
| All-Star selections | 14 | — |
| USA caps | — | 354 |
| World Cup titles | — | 2 |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 2 |
| USA goals | — | 130 |
| World Cups contested | — | 5 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Jordan93.4
Lilly92.0
FAQ
Where does Lilly beat Jordan?
Lilly scores higher on longevity. Jordan leads on peak, dominance, honours, statistics.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Jordan 0.98 (basketball) and Lilly 1.00 (football). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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