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Warner vs Urlacher

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UrlacherWinner
79.6

Urlacher wins: Longevity

Warner
78.8

Warner wins: Peak, Honours

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Brian Urlacher
79.6

Urlacher leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 and the heart of Chicago's defence.

1. Brian Urlacher
79.6
2. Kurt Warner
78.8

Category breakdown

Season form · Touchdowns per season

Career timeline · Touchdowns 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 · Touchdowns per season
1. 🇺🇸 Kurt Warner5 seasons played · career day 2,19012,055 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Brian Urlacher5 seasons played · career day 1,826706 touchdowns
-94.1% vs Warner at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Warner0004,35312,05518,240
🇺🇸 Urlacher001252736401,307

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.

MetricWarnerRetiredUrlacherRetired
Super Bowl titles1
League MVP awards2
Super Bowl MVP awards1
Passing yards32,344
Career passer rating93.7
Defensive Player of the Year awards1
Pro Bowls8
All-Pro first teams4
Career tackles1,361
Career interceptions22
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%6678
Honours w20%8076
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Urlacher79.6
Warner78.8
The people
Warner
Urlacher

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