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Rooth vs Ruggiero

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RoothWinner
82.4

Rooth wins: Peak, Statistics

Ruggiero
81.6

Ruggiero wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇸🇪 Maria Rooth
82.4

Rooth leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Scored the goals that beat the USA for Sweden's Olympic silver in 2006.

1. Maria Rooth
82.4
2. Angela Ruggiero
81.6

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points 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 · Points per season
1. 🇸🇪 Maria Rooth5 seasons played · career day 2,921140 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Angela Ruggiero5 seasons played · career day 2,19070 points
-50.0% vs Rooth at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Rooth000042168
🇺🇸 Ruggiero0001052121

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.

MetricRoothRetiredRuggieroRetired
Olympic medals24
World Championship medals4
Sweden caps176
Sweden goals122
NCAA titles1
Olympic golds1
World Championship golds4
USA caps256
Patty Kazmaier Awards1
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%9084
Longevity w20%8082
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8680

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Rooth82.4
Ruggiero81.6
The people
Rooth
Ruggiero

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