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Nilsson vs Räty

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NilssonWinner
84.0

Nilsson wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Räty
83.3

Räty wins: Longevity

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Kent Nilsson
84.0

Nilsson leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The Magic Man: a 131-point NHL season and a Stanley Cup in 1987.

1. Kent Nilsson
84.0
2. Noora Räty
83.3

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points 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 · Points per season
1. 🇸🇪 Kent Nilsson5 seasons played · career day 3,651490 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇮 Noora Räty5 seasons played · career day 2,1904.7 points
-99.0% vs Nilsson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Nilsson00000410
🇫🇮 Räty0000.923.717.485

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.

MetricNilssonRetiredRätyActive
Stanley Cups1
Best NHL season points131
NHL career points686
World Championship medals38
NHL games played553
Olympic medals2
Best goaltender awards4
NCAA titles3
Finland caps200
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8286
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Nilsson84.0
Räty83.3
The people
Nilsson
Räty

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