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Lahm vs Nordahl

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NordahlWinner
86.6

Nordahl wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Lahm
84.4

Lahm wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Gunnar Nordahl
86.6

Nordahl leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Milan's record scorer per game and Olympic champion with Sweden in 1948.

1. Gunnar Nordahl
86.6
2. Philipp Lahm
84.4

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. 🇩🇪 Philipp Lahm5 seasons played · career day 2,190154 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Gunnar Nordahl5 seasons played · career day 2,556146 goals
-5.2% vs Lahm at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Lahm00028123253
🇸🇪 Nordahl000045208

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.

MetricLahmRetiredNordahlRetired
World Cups1
Champions League titles1
Bundesliga titles8
Germany caps113
Appearances for Bayern517
DFB-Pokal titles6
Serie A top scorer awards5
Serie A goals225
Olympic golds1
Sweden goals43
Career goals456
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%8692
Longevity w20%8678
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Nordahl86.6
Lahm84.4
The people
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