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Calvi vs Bucher

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CalviWinner
81.1

Calvi wins: Longevity, Honours

Bucher
81.1

Bucher wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Alessandro Calvi
81.1

Calvi leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship relay medallist and European short-course champion.

1. Alessandro Calvi
81.1
2. Simon Bucher
81.1

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. 🇦🇹 Simon Bucher5 seasons played · career day 1,825323 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Alessandro Calvi5 seasons played · career day 1,825320 major golds
-0.9% vs Bucher at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Calvi0050107320653
🇦🇹 Bucher0050107323683

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.

MetricCalviRetiredBucherActive
World Championship medals1
European titles2
Italian titles10
Olympic appearances21
Relay finals6
European Championship medals2
Austrian titles12
National records set6
World Championship finals2
Dominance w25%7678
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%8074
Honours w20%8078
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Calvi81.1
Bucher81.1
The people
Calvi
Bucher

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