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Maradona vs Zico
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MaradonaWinner
92.0Maradona wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Zico
90.9Zico wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇷 Diego Maradona
92.0
Maradona leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Diego Maradona
2. Zico
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
Through age 21 · Goals per season
1. 🇦🇷 Diego Maradona114 goals
5 seasons by age 21 · 22.8 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Zico — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | MaradonaRetired · Napoli | ZicoRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Career goals | 353 | 527 |
| Career assists | 213 | — |
| Ballon d'Or | 0 | — |
| World Cups | 1 | — |
| Champions League titles | 0 | — |
| League titles | 3 | — |
| Goals per 90 | 0.51 | — |
| South American Footballer of the Year awards | — | 3 |
| Intercontinental Cup titles | — | 1 |
| Copa Libertadores titles | — | 1 |
| Brazil goals | — | 48 |
| Dominance w25% | 95 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 98 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 82 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 93 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 91 | 94 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Maradona92.0
Zico90.9
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