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Heath vs Alves

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HeathWinner
88.4

Heath wins: Peak, Statistics

Alves
88.2

Alves wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tobin Heath
88.4

Heath leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time World Cup winner, Olympic champion and US Player of the Year.

1. Tobin Heath
88.4
2. Dani Alves
88.2

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. 🇺🇸 Tobin Heath5 seasons played · career day 1,826319 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Dani Alves5 seasons played · career day 2,55522 goals
-93.1% vs Heath at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Heath0055114246655
🇧🇷 Alves00001234

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.

MetricHeathRetiredAlvesRetired
World Cup titles2
Olympic gold medals1
US Player of the Year awards1
United States caps181
NWSL titles2
Career trophies43
Champions League titles3
League titles12
Copa América titles2
Brazil caps126
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9286
Longevity w20%8492
Honours w20%9494
Statistics w15%8682

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Heath88.4
Alves88.2
The people
Heath
Alves

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