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Lindh vs Berczik

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BerczikWinner
79.9

Berczik wins: Dominance, Peak

Lindh
79.8

Lindh wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇭🇺 Zoltán Berczik
79.9

Berczik leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Twice European singles champion, in 1958 and 1960, and a world medallist.

1. Zoltán Berczik
79.9
2. Erik Lindh
79.8

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. 🇸🇪 Erik Lindh5 seasons played · career day 1,825352 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇭🇺 Zoltán Berczik5 seasons played · career day 1,826328 titles
-6.8% vs Lindh at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Lindh0052114352716
🇭🇺 Berczik0050108248692

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.

MetricLindhRetiredBerczikRetired
Olympic medals1
World team titles3
European team titles4
Swedish national titles3
Years at the top level1515
European titles2
World Championship medals4
Hungarian national titles5
European medals6
Dominance w25%7476
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%8078
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%7878

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GOAT Rank · the data
Berczik79.9
Lindh79.8
The people
Lindh
Berczik

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