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Gardini vs Schmidt

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SchmidtWinner
86.3

Schmidt wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Gardini
86.0

Gardini wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Bruno Schmidt
86.3

Schmidt leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion on home sand in Rio 2016 and a world champion in 2015.

1. Bruno Schmidt
86.3
2. Andrea Gardini
86.0

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. 🇧🇷 Bruno Schmidt5 seasons played · career day 1,82515 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Andrea Gardini5 seasons played · career day 1,8269 titles
-40.0% vs Schmidt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Gardini0012720
🇧🇷 Schmidt00131538

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.

MetricGardiniRetiredSchmidtActive
World Championship golds3
World League titles7
Olympic silver medals1
European titles3
Champions League titles3
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship titles1
World Tour titles25
World Tour Finals titles2
Best player awards2
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8488

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GOAT Rank · the data
Schmidt86.3
Gardini86.0
The people
Gardini
Schmidt

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