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Hill vs Branch

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HillWinner
85.6

Hill wins: Longevity

Branch
85.6

Branch wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Winston Hill
85.6

Hill leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Protected Joe Namath in Super Bowl III and made eight Pro Bowls.

1. Winston Hill
85.6
2. Cliff Branch
85.6

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. 🇺🇸 Cliff Branch5 seasons played · career day 1,8263,427 touchdowns
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Winston Hill5 seasons played · career day 1,82515 touchdowns
-99.6% vs Branch at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hill00131533
🇺🇸 Branch00413312,3166,378

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.

MetricHillRetiredBranchRetired
Super Bowl titles13
Pro Bowls84
Consecutive starts174
Games played195
Seasons played15
Career receiving yards8,685
Receiving touchdowns67
Career receptions501
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%9086
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hill85.6
Branch85.6
The people
Hill
Branch

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