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Parish vs Paul

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PaulWinner
85.4

Paul wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Parish
84.5

Parish wins: Longevity, Honours

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Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Chris Paul
85.4

Paul leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The Point God: four assist titles, six steals titles and two Olympic golds.

1. Chris Paul
85.4
2. Robert Parish
84.5

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. 🇺🇸 Robert Parish5 seasons played · career day 1,82674.7 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Chris Paul5 seasons played · career day 1,82550 points per game
-33.1% vs Parish at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Parish009.121.655.8151.4
🇺🇸 Paul007.816.75089.3

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.

MetricParishRetiredPaulActive
NBA titles4
Games played1,611
All-Star selections912
Career points23,334
Career rebounds14,715
Assist titles5
Steals titles6
Olympic golds2
Career assists12,500
All-NBA selections11
Dominance w25%7480
Peak w20%8488
Longevity w20%9692
Honours w20%8478
Statistics w15%8892

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Paul85.4
Parish84.5
The people
Parish
Paul

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