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Hardaway vs Driesell

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HardawayWinner
83.9

Hardaway wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Driesell
83.8

Driesell wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tim Hardaway
83.9

Hardaway leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Five-time All-Star famed for the UTEP two-step crossover.

1. Tim Hardaway
83.9
2. Lefty Driesell
83.8

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. 🇺🇸 Tim Hardaway5 seasons played · career day 1,825342 points per game
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Lefty Driesell5 seasons played · career day 2,921106 points per game
-69.0% vs Hardaway at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hardaway0050109342685
🇺🇸 Driesell000022128

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.

MetricHardawayRetiredDriesellRetired
All-Star selections5
Career assists7,095
Career points15,373
All-NBA selections5
Olympic gold medals1
College coaching wins786
NIT championships1
Programmes taken to the NCAA tournament4
Conference Coach of the Year awards4
Seasons as a head coach41
Dominance w25%8076
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%8094
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hardaway83.9
Driesell83.8
The people
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Driesell

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