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Vučević vs Petrović

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VučevićWinner
80.2

Vučević wins: Longevity

Petrović
80.1

Petrović wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇲🇪 Nikola Vučević
80.2

Vučević leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time NBA All-Star and one of the league's most consistent double-double centres.

1. Nikola Vučević
80.2
2. Dražen Petrović
80.1

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. 🇭🇷 Dražen Petrović5 seasons played · career day 3,652182 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇪 Nikola Vučević5 seasons played · career day 1,82570.3 points per game
-61.4% vs Petrović at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇲🇪 Vučević005.518.670.3141.8
🇭🇷 Petrović00000138

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.

MetricVučevićActivePetrovićRetired
NBA All-Star selections2
Career points17,000
Career rebounds9,000
Career double-doubles400
NBA seasons14
EuroLeague titles2
Olympic medals3
Single-game European record points112
NBA points per game peak22.3
World Championship golds1
Dominance w25%7682
Peak w20%8490
Longevity w20%8462
Honours w20%7280
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Vučević80.2
Petrović80.1
The people
Vučević
Petrović

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