Pelé vs Yashin
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Pelé wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Yashin wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Pelé leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
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
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Yashin — 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.
| Metric | PeléRetired · New York Cosmos | YashinRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Career goals | 767 | — |
| Career assists | 229 | — |
| Ballon d'Or | 0 | — |
| World Cups | 3 | — |
| Champions League titles | 0 | — |
| League titles | 10 | — |
| Goals per 90 | 0.84 | — |
| Ballon d'Or awards | — | 1 |
| European Championship titles | — | 1 |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 1 |
| Soviet league titles | — | 5 |
| Career clean sheets | — | 270 |
| Dominance w25% | 96 | 90 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 90 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 95 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 88 |
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