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Ai vs Bure

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AiWinner
82.9

Ai wins: Longevity

Bure
82.9

Bure wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇳 Ai Yanhan
82.9

Ai leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic relay medallist and an Asian Games champion.

1. Ai Yanhan
82.9
2. Vladimir Bure
82.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season
1. 🇨🇳 Ai Yanhan5 seasons played · career day 1,825358 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Vladimir Bure5 seasons played · career day 1,826353 major golds
-1.4% vs Ai at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇳 Ai0050111358708
🇷🇺 Bure0045103257597

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.

MetricAiActiveBureRetired
Olympic medals14
Asian Games gold medals2
World Championship medals2
National titles8
Olympic appearances2
European titles2
Soviet titles22
European records set5
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%7874
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ai82.9
Bure82.9
The people
Ai
Bure

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