Who is better, Jordan or Clark?
Michael Jordan leads with a GOAT score of 95.3 against 19.3 for Jaylen Clark — a gap of 76.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Jordan vs Clark
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Michael Jordan above Jaylen Clark: 95.3 vs 19.3. Michael Jordan leads on Honours, Dominance, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
JordanWinner
95.3Jordan wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Clark
19.3Clark wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Michael Jordan
95.3
Jordan leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Clark — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Michael Jordan
2. Jaylen Clark
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 22 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Michael Jordan28 points per game
1 season by age 22 · 28 per season
Setting the pace at age 22
No verified birth date for Clark — 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 | ClarkActive · Minnesota Timberwolves |
|---|---|---|
| NBA titles | 6 | — |
| Finals MVP | 6 | — |
| Regular season MVP | 5 | — |
| Scoring titles | 10 | — |
| Points per game | 30.1 | — |
| All-Star selections | 14 | — |
| NBA games | — | 108 |
| NBA points | — | 436 |
| NBA award: Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award | — | 1 |
| Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award | — | 1 |
| NABC Defensive Player of the Year | — | 1 |
| Number | — | 7 |
| Dominance w25% | 99 | 19.5 |
| Peak w20% | 100 | 23.8 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 17.5 |
| Honours w20% | 96 | 15.5 |
| Statistics w15% | 97 | 20.4 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Jordan95.3
Clark19.3
FAQ
Where does Clark beat Jordan?
Clark does not lead any of the five categories; Jordan is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Jordan vs Clark score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Jordan: 95.3, Clark: 19.3.
What do you think?
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