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Kelce vs Deion

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DeionWinner
86.7

Deion wins: Dominance, Peak

Kelce
86.0

Kelce wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Deion Sanders
86.7

Deion leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Prime Time: two Super Bowls, a Defensive Player award and 53 interceptions.

1. Deion Sanders
86.7
2. Travis Kelce
86.0

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. 🇺🇸 Travis Kelce5 seasons played · career day 2,1905,236 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Deion Sanders5 seasons played · career day 1,82524 touchdowns
-99.5% vs Kelce at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Kelce0008623,9009,006
🇺🇸 Deion00582436

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.

MetricKelceActiveDeionRetired
Super Bowl titles32
Pro Bowls108
All-Pro First Teams46
Receiving yards12,500
1,000-yard seasons7
Receiving touchdowns82
Defensive Player of the Year1
Interceptions53
Return touchdowns19
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Deion86.7
Kelce86.0
The people
Kelce
Deion

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