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Grant vs Ruggiero

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RuggieroWinner
81.6

Ruggiero wins: Longevity

Grant
81.4

Grant wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Angela Ruggiero
81.6

Ruggiero leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Four Olympic medals and 256 caps for the United States on the blue line.

1. Angela Ruggiero
81.6
2. Mike Grant
81.4

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. 🇺🇸 Angela Ruggiero5 seasons played · career day 2,19070 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Mike Grant5 seasons played · career day 2,19016 points
-77.1% vs Ruggiero at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Grant00021320
🇺🇸 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.

MetricGrantRetiredRuggieroRetired
Stanley Cups4
Seasons played10
Championship captaincies3
Career goals20
Hall of Fame inductions1
Olympic medals4
Olympic golds1
World Championship golds4
USA caps256
Patty Kazmaier Awards1
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9084
Longevity w20%7282
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8480

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ruggiero81.6
Grant81.4
The people
Grant
Ruggiero

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