For American football
For American football, the two are close. Trap bar deadlift rates slightly higher: more injury protection.
Broad jump is easier to learn and fit in.
Both are good choices that build different things for American football, so a plan can use both.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Broad Jump. Horizontal power, the direction of your first steps. Also a Combine test.
Trap Bar Deadlift. Heavy leg and hip strength with a lower learning curve than the barbell deadlift.
For soccer, the two are close. Broad jump rates slightly higher: more carry-over to soccer, easier to learn and fit in. Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries.
For golf, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection, more carry-over to golf. Broad jump is easier to learn and fit in.
For American football, the two are close. Trap bar deadlift rates slightly higher: more injury protection. Broad jump is easier to learn and fit in. Both are good choices that build different things for American football, so a plan can use both.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Broad jump needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Trap bar deadlift needs a trap bar, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
Trap bar deadlift: it rates Good for injury protection in our research rubric, against Fair for broad jump.