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Bunaciu vs Battistelli

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BunaciuWinner
78.2

Bunaciu wins: no category outright

Battistelli
78.2

Battistelli wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇴 Carmen Bunaciu
78.2

Bunaciu leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. European backstroke champion and a multiple world championship medallist.

1. Carmen Bunaciu
78.2
2. Stefano Battistelli
78.2

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. 🇮🇹 Stefano Battistelli5 seasons played · career day 1,8251,291.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇴 Carmen Bunaciu5 seasons played · career day 1,825668.7 major golds
-48.2% vs Battistelli at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇴 Bunaciu00136270.5668.71,204.4
🇮🇹 Battistelli002625211,291.52,332.5

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.

MetricBunaciuRetiredBattistelliRetired
European titles23
World Championship medals22
Olympic Games23
200 m backstroke best132.2
National titles20
Olympic medals2
400 m medley best256
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%7474
Honours w20%7878
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bunaciu78.2
Battistelli78.2
The people
Bunaciu
Battistelli

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