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Jurgensen vs Faneca

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JurgensenWinner
85.9

Jurgensen wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Faneca
85.8

Faneca wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sonny Jurgensen
85.9

Jurgensen leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Five-time Pro Bowl passer with 32,224 yards in eighteen seasons.

1. Sonny Jurgensen
85.9
2. Alan Faneca
85.8

Category breakdown

Season form · Touchdowns per season

Career timeline · Touchdowns 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 · Touchdowns per season
1. 🇺🇸 Sonny Jurgensen5 seasons played · career day 1,825216 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Alan Faneca5 seasons played · career day 1,82574 touchdowns
-65.7% vs Jurgensen at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Jurgensen003067216506
🇺🇸 Faneca00102674138

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.

MetricJurgensenRetiredFanecaRetired
Passing yards32,224
Passing touchdowns255
Pro Bowls59
NFL passing titles3
Seasons played1813
Super Bowl titles1
First-team All-Pro selections6
Games started201
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%9086
Honours w20%8086
Statistics w15%9086

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GOAT Rank · the data
Jurgensen85.9
Faneca85.8
The people
Jurgensen
Faneca

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