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Finke vs Gross

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GrossWinner
90.3

Gross wins: Longevity

Finke
90.1

Finke wins: Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Michael Gross
90.3

Gross leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The Albatross won three Olympic golds and 13 world titles across two strokes.

1. Michael Gross
90.3
2. Robert Finke
90.1

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. 🇺🇸 Robert Finke5 seasons played · career day 1,825363 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Michael Gross5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
-96.7% vs Finke at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Finke0060126363740
🇩🇪 Gross00691222

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.

MetricFinkeActiveGrossRetired
Olympic gold medals33
Olympic medals46
World records1
World Championship medals3
NCAA titles4
World Championship titles5
European titles13
World records set12
Dominance w25%9090
Peak w20%9594
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%9292
Statistics w15%9292

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gross90.3
Finke90.1
The people
Finke
Gross

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