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Schalk vs Gamova

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GamovaWinner
80.2

Gamova wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Schalk
80.0

Schalk wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Yekaterina Gamova
80.2

Gamova leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two world titles and two Olympic silvers as the sport's most feared attacker.

1. Yekaterina Gamova
80.2
2. Chaim Schalk
80.0

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. 🇺🇸 Chaim Schalk5 seasons played · career day 1,825322 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Yekaterina Gamova5 seasons played · career day 2,55636 titles
-88.8% vs Schalk at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Schalk0052110322669
🇷🇺 Gamova00002150

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.

MetricSchalkActiveGamovaRetired
Pan American gold medals1
AVP titles3
World Tour medals4
Olympic appearances2
Seasons on tour15
World Championship titles2
Olympic medals2
European Championship titles3
Champions League titles3
MVP awards4
Grand Prix titles1
Dominance w25%7476
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%8480
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%8280

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GOAT Rank · the data
Gamova80.2
Schalk80.0
The people
Schalk
Gamova

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