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Harder vs Shearer

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HarderWinner
82.3

Harder wins: Dominance, Honours

Shearer
81.5

Shearer wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇰 Pernille Harder
82.3

Harder leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Twice UEFA Women's Player of the Year and Denmark's record scorer.

1. Pernille Harder
82.3
2. Alan Shearer
81.5

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

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Goals per season
1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alan Shearer5 seasons played · career day 3,287146 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇰 Pernille Harder5 seasons played · career day 2,19075 goals
-48.6% vs Shearer at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇰 Harder000853143
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shearer00000146

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.

MetricHarderActiveShearerRetired
UEFA Player of the Year awards2
League titles8
Denmark goals74
Champions League goals40
Career club goals250
Premier League goals260
Premier League titles1
Golden Boots3
Career goals379
England goals30
PFA Player of the Year1
Dominance w25%8278
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%8082
Honours w20%8076
Statistics w15%8488

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Harder82.3
Shearer81.5
The people
Harder
Shearer

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