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Matthews vs Abily

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MatthewsWinner
88.8

Matthews wins: Longevity

Abily
88.8

Abily wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stanley Matthews
88.8

Matthews leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. First Ballon d'Or winner in 1956 and a top-flight player until the age of fifty.

1. Stanley Matthews
88.8
2. Camille Abily
88.8

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. 🇫🇷 Camille Abily5 seasons played · career day 1,825296 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stanley Matthews5 seasons played · career day 1,826249 goals
-15.9% vs Abily at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matthews004592194492
🇫🇷 Abily0052108296598

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.

MetricMatthewsRetiredAbilyRetired
Ballon d'Or awards1
FA Cup titles1
England caps54
League appearances697
Seasons played34
Champions League titles5
French league titles11
France caps183
France goals37
French cups6
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%9888
Honours w20%8692
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Matthews88.8
Abily88.8
The people
Matthews
Abily

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