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Nedvěd vs Schmeichel

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NedvědWinner
85.3

Nedvěd wins: Peak

Schmeichel
85.3

Schmeichel wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇿 Pavel Nedvěd
85.3

Nedvěd leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Ballon d'Or winner in 2003 and the tireless engine of Lazio and Juventus.

1. Pavel Nedvěd
85.3
2. Peter Schmeichel
85.3

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Goals per season
1. 🇩🇰 Peter Schmeichel5 seasons played · career day 5,47779 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇿 Pavel Nedvěd5 seasons played · career day 1,82535 goals
-55.7% vs Schmeichel at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇿 Nedvěd00273574
🇩🇰 Schmeichel000000

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.

MetricNedvědRetiredSchmeichelRetired
Ballon d'Or1
Serie A titles2
Cup Winners' Cup titles1
Czech Republic caps91
Serie A appearances327
Premier League titles5
Champions League titles1
European Championships1
Premier League clean sheets128
Denmark caps129
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8282

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GOAT Rank · the data
Nedvěd85.3
Schmeichel85.3
The people
Nedvěd
Schmeichel

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