Pelé vs Wilt
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Pelé wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours
Wilt wins: Peak, Statistics
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Verdict
94.2 in-sport × 1.00 Global participation & competition depth
Pelé leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
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 Wilt — 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 | WiltRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 96 | 95 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 98 |
| Longevity w20% | 90 | 86 |
| Honours w20% | 95 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 99 |
| 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 | — |
| MVP awards | — | 4 |
| NBA titles | — | 2 |
| Career points | — | 31,419 |
| Career rebounds | — | 23,924 |
| Scoring titles | — | 7 |
| All-Star selections | — | 13 |
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