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Blanton vs Tetyukhin

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BlantonWinner
79.1

Blanton wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Tetyukhin
78.7

Tetyukhin wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Dain Blanton
79.1

Blanton leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic beach volleyball champion in Sydney 2000.

1. Dain Blanton
79.1
2. Sergey Tetyukhin
78.7

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. 🇺🇸 Dain Blanton5 seasons played · career day 1,825328 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Sergey Tetyukhin5 seasons played · career day 3,28628 titles
-91.5% vs Blanton at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Blanton0050108328674
🇷🇺 Tetyukhin0000428

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.

MetricBlantonRetiredTetyukhinRetired
Olympic gold medals1
AVP tour wins6
World Tour podiums8
Olympic Games contested2
Years at the top level15
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals4
World Cup titles1
European Championship titles2
World League titles3
Russian league titles8
Dominance w25%7472
Peak w20%9080
Longevity w20%7890
Honours w20%7878
Statistics w15%7674

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GOAT Rank · the data
Blanton79.1
Tetyukhin78.7
The people
Blanton
Tetyukhin

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