There's a reason one should judge by the content not word counts. They, by itself, say nothing. I have seen RWBY fics written faster and with more words than his, for example. Likewise, 80k is not equal to 80k. The first Harry Potter book is pretty short all in all (76,944 words), but it has a lot more in it than most larger books (or fics for that matter)
And
all this is just from
one author. Nearly 30 works, all many times larger than Pat's. I can't necessarily vouch for quality, but if he wants to compare word counts, he's beat.