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Thompson vs Lovellette

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LovelletteWinner
82.6

Lovellette wins: Dominance

Thompson
82.3

Thompson wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Clyde Lovellette
82.6

Lovellette leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The first player to win an NCAA title, Olympic gold and an NBA championship.

1. Clyde Lovellette
82.6
2. Klay Thompson
82.3

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per game

Career timeline · Points per game

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 game
1. 🇺🇸 Clyde Lovellette5 seasons played · career day 1,82592.6 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Klay Thompson5 seasons played · career day 1,82591.3 points per game
-1.4% vs Lovellette at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Thompson0012.529.191.3155.1
🇺🇸 Lovellette008.226.992.6171.6

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.

MetricThompsonActiveLovelletteRetired
NBA titles4
All-Star selections54
Three-pointers in a game record14
Points in a quarter record37
Career three-pointers2,400
NBA championships3
Olympic gold medals1
NCAA championships1
Career points per game17
Dominance w25%7680
Peak w20%8888
Longevity w20%7876
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lovellette82.6
Thompson82.3
The people
Thompson
Lovellette

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