Who is better, Birarelli or Walkenhorst?
Emanuele Birarelli leads with a GOAT score of 81.9 against 81.9 for Kira Walkenhorst — a gap of 0.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Birarelli vs Walkenhorst
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently scores Emanuele Birarelli and Kira Walkenhorst level at 81.9. Emanuele Birarelli leads on Longevity, Statistics. Kira Walkenhorst leads on Peak, Dominance, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BirarelliWinner
81.9Birarelli wins: Longevity, Statistics
Walkenhorst
81.9Walkenhorst wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Emanuele Birarelli
81.9
Birarelli leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Emanuele Birarelli
2. Kira Walkenhorst
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 season1. 🇩🇪 Kira Walkenhorst5 seasons played · career day 1,825328 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Emanuele Birarelli5 seasons played · career day 2,19127 titles
-91.8% vs Walkenhorst at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Birarelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 50 |
| 🇩🇪 Walkenhorst | 0 | 0 | 50 | 108 | 328 | 688 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | BirarelliRetired | WalkenhorstRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic medals | 1 | — |
| World League titles | 1 | — |
| Italian league titles | 2 | — |
| Champions League titles | 1 | — |
| Seasons played | 19 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 1 |
| World Championship titles | — | 1 |
| European titles | — | 2 |
| World Tour wins | — | 7 |
| Years at the top level | — | 13 |
| Dominance w25% | 74 | 80 |
| Peak w20% | 86 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 70 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 84 |
| Statistics w15% | 84 | 82 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Birarelli81.9
Walkenhorst81.9
The people
Birarelli
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Where does Walkenhorst beat Birarelli?
Walkenhorst scores higher on peak, dominance, honours. Birarelli leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Birarelli vs Walkenhorst score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Birarelli: 81.9, Walkenhorst: 81.9.
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