Gonzalez vs Rice
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Rice wins: Dominance, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Gonzalez wins: no category outright
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Category radar
Verdict
Rice leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Every meaningful receiving record, by a distance that still looks unreal.
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
Setting the pace at age 23
No verified birth date for Gonzalez — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 23, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
Fan vote — data vs the people
What do you think?
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