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Baumann vs Paltrinieri

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
PaltrinieriWinner
87.9

Paltrinieri wins: Longevity

Baumann
87.8

Baumann wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Gregorio Paltrinieri
87.9

Paltrinieri leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 1500 m champion in Rio and a multiple world champion in pool and open water.

1. Gregorio Paltrinieri
87.9
2. Alex Baumann
87.8

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. 🇨🇦 Alex Baumann5 seasons played · career day 1,825315 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Gregorio Paltrinieri5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
-96.2% vs Baumann at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Baumann004599315643
🇮🇹 Paltrinieri00121225

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.

MetricBaumannRetiredPaltrinieriActive
Olympic gold medals21
World records set4
Commonwealth titles4
Pan American titles2
Canadian titles38
Olympic medals5
World Championship golds7
European Championship golds15
World records1
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7686
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Paltrinieri87.9
Baumann87.8
The people
Baumann
Paltrinieri

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