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Magic vs Bird
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MagicWinner
91.9Magic wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics
Bird
91.2Bird wins: Longevity
Time range
Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.
Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Magic Johnson
91.9
Magic leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Magic Johnson
2. Sue Bird
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
Through age 22 · Points per game
1. 🇺🇸 Sue Bird14 points per game
1 season by age 22 · 14 per season
Setting the pace at age 22
No verified birth date for Magic — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 22, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Magic91.9
Bird91.2
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