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Alvares vs Steffes

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SteffesWinner
84.7

Steffes wins: Dominance, Peak

Alvares
84.5

Alvares wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Kent Steffes
84.7

Steffes leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic beach volleyball champion in 1996 and a dominant AVP tour winner.

1. Kent Steffes
84.7
2. Ana Ida Alvares
84.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles 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 · Titles per season
1. 🇺🇸 Kent Steffes5 seasons played · career day 1,826379 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Ana Ida Alvares5 seasons played · career day 1,826317 titles
-16.4% vs Steffes at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Alvares0052110242660
🇺🇸 Steffes0055121287753

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.

MetricAlvaresRetiredSteffesRetired
Olympic medals2
World Grand Prix titles1
Pan American gold medals1
Olympic appearances3
Brazilian league titles4
Olympic gold medals1
AVP tour wins100
AVP MVP awards2
Tour season titles4
Years at the top level11
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%8894
Longevity w20%8476
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Steffes84.7
Alvares84.5
The people
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Steffes

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