Who is better, Lee or Mays?
Willie Mays leads with a GOAT score of 93.8 against 16.1 for Hao-Yu Lee — a gap of 77.7 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Lee vs Mays
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Willie Mays above Hao-Yu Lee: 93.8 vs 16.1. Willie Mays leads on Longevity, Honours, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
MaysWinner
93.8Mays wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Lee
16.1Lee wins: no category outright
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Category radar
Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Willie Mays
93.8
Mays leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Lee — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Willie Mays
2. Hao-Yu Lee
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season1. 🇺🇸 Willie Mays5 seasons played · career day 1,825152 home runs
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏳️ Hao-Yu Lee1 season played · career day 36485 home runs
-44.1% vs Mays at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Lee | 0 | 0 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Mays | 0 | 0 | 20 | 24 | 152 | 279 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | LeeActive · Detroit Tigers | MaysRetired |
|---|---|---|
| MLB games | 111 | — |
| MLB hits | 85 | — |
| MLB home runs | 10 | — |
| MLB award: Baseball America Low Class A All-Star | 1 | — |
| MLB award: FSL Post-Season All-Star | 1 | — |
| MLB award: MiLB.com Organization All-Star | 1 | — |
| MLB award: EAS Post-Season All-Star | 1 | — |
| Number | 50 | — |
| Home runs | — | 660 |
| MVP awards | — | 2 |
| Gold Gloves | — | 12 |
| All-Star selections | — | 24 |
| World Series titles | — | 1 |
| Career hits | — | 3,293 |
| Dominance w25% | 16 | 94 |
| Peak w20% | 21 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 14 | 94 |
| Honours w20% | 12 | 92 |
| Statistics w15% | 18 | 95 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Mays93.8
Lee16.1
FAQ
Where does Lee beat Mays?
Lee does not lead any of the five categories; Mays is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Lee vs Mays score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Lee: 16.1, Mays: 93.8.
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