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Materazzi vs Messi

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MessiWinner
97.0

Messi wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Materazzi
27.8

Materazzi wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
97.0

Messi leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Eight Ballons d'Or and a World Cup to close the argument.

MaterazziInsufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.

1. Lionel Messi
97.0
2. Marco Materazzi
Pending verification

Category breakdown

Season form · Goals per season

Career timeline · Goals per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Through age 21 · Goals per season
1. 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi79 goals
4 seasons by age 21 · 19.8 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Materazzi — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricMaterazziActiveMessiActive · Inter Miami CF
Gold Collar for Sports Merit1
Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1
Career goals879
Career assists383
Ballon d'Or8
World Cups1
Champions League titles4
League titles12
Goals per 900.79
Dominance w25%27.798
Peak w20%29.799
Longevity w20%25.792
Honours w20%28.797
Statistics w15%26.799

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Messi97.0
Materazzi27.8
The people
Materazzi
Messi

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