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Atwater vs Pearson

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AtwaterWinner
83.2

Atwater wins: Honours

Pearson
83.1

Pearson wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Steve Atwater
83.2

Atwater leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time Super Bowl champion and one of the hardest hitting safeties ever.

1. Steve Atwater
83.2
2. Drew Pearson
83.1

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. 🇺🇸 Drew Pearson5 seasons played · career day 1,8253,973 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Steve Atwater5 seasons played · career day 1,82515 touchdowns
-99.6% vs Pearson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Atwater00271521
🇺🇸 Pearson003881,4753,9736,895

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.

MetricAtwaterRetiredPearsonRetired
Super Bowl titles21
Pro Bowls83
Career interceptions24
Career tackles1,180
Seasons played11
Career receiving yards7,822
Receiving touchdowns48
Career receptions489
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8688

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Atwater83.2
Pearson83.1
The people
Atwater
Pearson

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