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Araki vs Grbić

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GrbićWinner
83.5

Grbić wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Araki
83.1

Araki wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇸 Nikola Grbić
83.5

Grbić leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion in 2000 and a world title winner as a coach.

1. Nikola Grbić
83.5
2. Erika Araki
83.1

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. 🇯🇵 Erika Araki5 seasons played · career day 2,19030 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇸 Nikola Grbić5 seasons played · career day 3,28618 titles
-40.0% vs Araki at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Araki00042256
🇷🇸 Grbić0000218

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.

MetricArakiRetiredGrbićRetired
Olympic medals12
Olympic Games4
World Grand Prix medals2
Japanese league titles3
Seasons played19
Olympic golds1
European Championship golds2
World League titles1
Club league titles8
Dominance w25%7680
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%9084
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Grbić83.5
Araki83.1
The people
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