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Danesi vs Ross

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DanesiWinner
87.7

Danesi wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Ross
87.6

Ross wins: Longevity

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Time range

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Anna Danesi
87.7

Danesi leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion and world champion captain for Italy.

1. Anna Danesi
87.7
2. April Ross
87.6

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. 🇮🇹 Anna Danesi5 seasons played · career day 1,825326 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 April Ross5 seasons played · career day 1,82511 titles
-96.6% vs Danesi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Danesi0055115326680
🇺🇸 Ross00131122

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.

MetricDanesiActiveRossRetired
Olympic gold medals11
World Championship gold medals1
Nations League titles2
European titles1
Italian league titles3
Olympic medals3
World Championship golds1
World Tour titles30
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9392
Longevity w20%8086
Honours w20%9288
Statistics w15%8886

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Danesi87.7
Ross87.6
The people
Danesi
Ross

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