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Samuelsson vs Crawford

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CrawfordWinner
80.2

Crawford wins: Peak, Statistics

Samuelsson
80.1

Samuelsson wins: Honours

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Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Rusty Crawford
80.2

Crawford leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Stanley Cup winner with Quebec and Toronto in the NHL's earliest years.

1. Rusty Crawford
80.2
2. Ulf Samuelsson
80.1

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points 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 · Points per season
1. 🇸🇪 Ulf Samuelsson5 seasons played · career day 2,191134 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Rusty Crawford5 seasons played · career day 2,19157 points
-57.5% vs Samuelsson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Samuelsson00021111213
🇨🇦 Crawford000113987

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.

MetricSamuelssonRetiredCrawfordRetired
Stanley Cups22
NHL games played1,08038
Career points391
World Championship medals2
Career penalty minutes2,453
Career professional goals110
Seasons played18
Hall of Fame inductions1
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%8686
Honours w20%8276
Statistics w15%7884

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Crawford80.2
Samuelsson80.1
The people
Samuelsson
Crawford

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