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Cunha vs Ender

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CunhaWinner
87.3

Cunha wins: Longevity

Ender
87.2

Ender wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Ana Marcela Cunha
87.3

Cunha leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 10 km champion in Tokyo and a multiple open water world champion.

1. Ana Marcela Cunha
87.3
2. Kornelia Ender
87.2

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. 🇩🇪 Kornelia Ender5 seasons played · career day 1,825403 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Ana Marcela Cunha5 seasons played · career day 1,825378 major golds
-6.2% vs Ender at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Cunha0060130378726
🇩🇪 Ender0055127403612

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.

MetricCunhaActiveEnderRetired
Olympic gold medals14
World Championship golds88
World Championship medals15
Pan American golds3
Olympic Games contested42
Olympic medals8
Individual world records23
Dominance w25%8690
Peak w20%9095
Longevity w20%9070
Honours w20%8691
Statistics w15%8490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cunha87.3
Ender87.2
The people
Cunha
Ender

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