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Romário vs Lloyd

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LloydWinner
90.5

Lloyd wins: Peak, Longevity, Honours

Romário
90.1

Romário wins: Dominance, Statistics

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

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Carli Lloyd
90.5

Lloyd leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Scored a hat-trick in the 2015 World Cup final and both Olympic golden goals.

1. Carli Lloyd
90.5
2. Romário
90.1

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. 🇧🇷 Romário5 seasons played · career day 1,825303 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Carli Lloyd5 seasons played · career day 1,825300 goals
-1.0% vs Romário at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Romário0050105303642
🇺🇸 Lloyd0050105300627

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.

MetricRomárioRetiredLloydRetired
World Cup titles12
World Cup Golden Ball awards1
FIFA World Player awards12
Career goals in official matches772
Copa América titles1
Olympic gold medals2
USA goals134
USA caps316
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9698
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%9092
Statistics w15%9492

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Lloyd90.5
Romário90.1
The people
Romário
Lloyd

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