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Poulin vs Lafleur

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PoulinWinner
87.3

Poulin wins: Dominance, Peak

Lafleur
86.6

Lafleur wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Marie-Philip Poulin
87.3

Poulin leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Captain Clutch: scorer in four Olympic gold-medal games for Canada.

1. Marie-Philip Poulin
87.3
2. Guy Lafleur
86.6

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. 🇨🇦 Guy Lafleur5 seasons played · career day 1,825419 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Marie-Philip Poulin5 seasons played · career day 2,55686 points
-79.5% vs Lafleur at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Poulin000045124
🇨🇦 Lafleur0064119419941

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.

MetricPoulinActiveLafleurRetired
Olympic golds3
Olympic medals5
World Championship golds3
PWHL titles1
Olympic gold-medal-game goals4
Stanley Cups5
Art Ross Trophies3
Hart Trophies2
NHL points1,353
NHL goals560
Conn Smythe Trophies1
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Poulin87.3
Lafleur86.6
The people
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