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Braunleder vs Jacoby

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BraunlederWinner
76.3

Braunleder wins: Longevity, Statistics

Jacoby
76.2

Jacoby wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Dirk Braunleder
76.3

Braunleder leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. European Championship relay medallist and German champion.

1. Dirk Braunleder
76.3
2. Lydia Jacoby
76.2

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. 🇺🇸 Lydia Jacoby5 seasons played · career day 1,825402 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Dirk Braunleder5 seasons played · career day 1,825346 major golds
-13.9% vs Jacoby at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Braunleder0050110346591
🇺🇸 Jacoby0062142402556

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.

MetricBraunlederRetiredJacobyActive
European Championship medals1
German titles5
Olympic appearances1
World Championship appearances2
National records2
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals2
World Championship medals3
American junior records2
Global finals contested5
Dominance w25%7074
Peak w20%8290
Longevity w20%7662
Honours w20%7678
Statistics w15%8078

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Braunleder76.3
Jacoby76.2
The people
Braunleder
Jacoby

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