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Allen vs Brown

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AllenWinner
88.1

Allen wins: Longevity

Brown
87.9

Brown wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Marcus Allen
88.1

Allen leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Super Bowl XVIII MVP and the league MVP of 1985.

1. Marcus Allen
88.1
2. Jim Brown
87.9

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. 🇺🇸 Jim Brown5 seasons played · career day 1,8256,463 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Marcus Allen5 seasons played · career day 1,8255,397 touchdowns
-16.5% vs Brown at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Allen006971,7115,3977,957
🇺🇸 Brown009422,4696,46312,312

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.

MetricAllenRetiredBrownRetired
Super Bowl titles1
MVP awards13
Career rushing yards12,24312,312
Career touchdowns145
Pro Bowls69
NFL championships1
Rushing titles8
Rushing touchdowns106
Dominance w25%8493
Peak w20%9295
Longevity w20%8870
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9094

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Allen88.1
Brown87.9
The people
Allen
Brown

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