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Edwards vs Allen

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EdwardsWinner
90.8

Edwards wins: Honours

Allen
90.7

Allen wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Teresa Edwards
90.8

Edwards leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won four Olympic gold medals across five Games with the United States.

1. Teresa Edwards
90.8
2. Phog Allen
90.7

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. 🇺🇸 Teresa Edwards5 seasons played · career day 1,826310 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Phog Allen5 seasons played · career day 2,92186 points per game
-72.3% vs Edwards at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Edwards0050106236662
🇺🇸 Allen000038105

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.

MetricEdwardsRetiredAllenRetired
Olympic gold medals4
Olympic Games contested5
World Championship titles2
Olympic assists record143
Seasons played21
College coaching wins746
NCAA championships1
Conference titles24
Seasons as a head coach48
Olympic gold as assistant coach1
Dominance w25%8888
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%9496
Honours w20%9288
Statistics w15%8890

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Edwards90.8
Allen90.7
The people
Edwards
Allen

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