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Haynes vs Barkley

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
HaynesWinner
85.7

Haynes wins: Longevity

Barkley
85.6

Barkley wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Marques Haynes
85.7

Haynes leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The world's greatest dribbler and the first Harlem Globetrotter inducted into the Hall of Fame.

1. Marques Haynes
85.7
2. Charles Barkley
85.6

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

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Points per game
1. 🇺🇸 Charles Barkley5 seasons played · career day 1,826111.1 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Marques Haynes5 seasons played · career day 1,82560 points per game
-46.0% vs Barkley at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Haynes0081860129
🇺🇸 Barkley00143485.3212.6

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.

MetricHaynesRetiredBarkleyRetired
Years as a professional46
Games played worldwide12,000
Countries played in97
Hall of Fame inductions1
Globetrotter seasons10
MVP awards1
All-Star selections11
Career points23,757
Career rebounds12,546
Olympic golds2
Rebounding titles1
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%9484
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%8292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Haynes85.7
Barkley85.6
The people
Haynes
Barkley

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