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Marčiulionis vs Cousy

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
MarčiulionisWinner
85.0

Marčiulionis wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Cousy
84.8

Cousy wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇹 Šarūnas Marčiulionis
85.0

Marčiulionis leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic gold with the Soviet Union and bronze with independent Lithuania.

1. Šarūnas Marčiulionis
85.0
2. Bob Cousy
84.8

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. 🇱🇹 Šarūnas Marčiulionis5 seasons played · career day 1,825288 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bob Cousy5 seasons played · career day 1,82595.5 points per game
-66.8% vs Marčiulionis at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇱🇹 Marčiulionis004596288631
🇺🇸 Cousy0015.637.395.5176.5

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.

MetricMarčiulionisRetiredCousyRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic bronze medals2
EuroBasket medals2
NBA seasons7
Soviet league titles1
NBA titles6
MVP awards1
Assist titles8
All-Star selections13
Career assists6,955
All-Star MVP2
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8280
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Marčiulionis85.0
Cousy84.8
The people
Marčiulionis
Cousy

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