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Korać vs Swoopes

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KoraćWinner
83.6

Korać wins: Peak, Statistics

Swoopes
83.5

Swoopes wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇸 Radivoj Korać
83.6

Korać leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Europe's great scorer of the 1960s and a world silver medallist with Yugoslavia.

1. Radivoj Korać
83.6
2. Sheryl Swoopes
83.5

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 game
1. 🇷🇸 Radivoj Korać5 seasons played · career day 1,825344 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Sheryl Swoopes5 seasons played · career day 1,82580.2 points per game
-76.7% vs Korać at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇸 Korać0055117344688
🇺🇸 Swoopes007.122.780.2144.5

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.

MetricKoraćRetiredSwoopesRetired
EuroLeague scoring records1
European Championship medals3
World Championship medals1
Career points for Yugoslavia3,153
Seasons played12
WNBA titles4
WNBA MVP awards3
Defensive Player of the Year3
Olympic golds3
All-Star selections6
Scoring titles1
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7478
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%9084

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GOAT Rank · the data
Korać83.6
Swoopes83.5
The people
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