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Keegan vs Behringer

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KeeganWinner
85.4

Keegan wins: Peak

Behringer
85.4

Behringer wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Keegan
85.4

Keegan leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Back-to-back Ballon d'Or winner in 1978 and 1979 and a European Cup champion.

1. Kevin Keegan
85.4
2. Melanie Behringer
85.4

Category breakdown

Season form · Goals per season

Career timeline · Goals 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 · Goals per season
1. 🇩🇪 Melanie Behringer5 seasons played · career day 1,825306 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kevin Keegan5 seasons played · career day 1,826302 goals
-1.3% vs Behringer at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Keegan0050105231638
🇩🇪 Behringer0052109306632

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.

MetricKeeganRetiredBehringerRetired
Ballon d'Or awards2
European Cup titles1
First Division titles3
UEFA Cup titles2
England caps63
Olympic gold medals1
World Cup titles1
European Championship titles2
Germany caps123
Champions League titles2
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Keegan85.4
Behringer85.4
The people
Keegan
Behringer

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