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Gates vs Cervi
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GatesWinner
84.1Gates wins: Longevity
Cervi
84.1Cervi wins: Honours
Time range
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Pop Gates
84.1
Gates leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. New York Rens star and one of the first Black players in the NBL.
1. Pop Gates
2. Al Cervi
Category breakdown
Season form · Points per game
Career timeline · Points per game
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Points per game1. 🇺🇸 Al Cervi5 seasons played · career day 4,74762.2 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pop Gates5 seasons played · career day 2,19053 points per game
-14.8% vs Cervi at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Gates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 80 |
| 🇺🇸 Cervi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
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.
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Gates84.1
Cervi84.1
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