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Johnson vs Lloyd

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JohnsonWinner
78.1

Johnson wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Lloyd
77.6

Lloyd wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Marques Johnson
78.1

Johnson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. NCAA champion, five-time NBA All-Star and the first winner of the Wooden Award.

1. Marques Johnson
78.1
2. Earl Lloyd
77.6

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. 🇺🇸 Marques Johnson5 seasons played · career day 1,825108.4 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Earl Lloyd5 seasons played · career day 1,82539.8 points per game
-63.3% vs Johnson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Johnson0019.545.1108.4190.2
🇺🇸 Lloyd006.114.139.868.3

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.

MetricJohnsonRetiredLloydRetired
NBA All-Star selections5
All-NBA selections3
Career points13,892
Career points per game20.18.4
NCAA championships1
NBA titles1
Games played560
Career rebounds per game6.4
Seasons played9
Dominance w25%7670
Peak w20%8682
Longevity w20%7278
Honours w20%7682
Statistics w15%8278

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GOAT Rank · the data
Johnson78.1
Lloyd77.6
The people
Johnson
Lloyd

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