Who is better, Fabi or Buldakova?
Lyudmila Buldakova leads with a GOAT score of 89.6 against 89.4 for Fabiana Oliveira — a gap of 0.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Fabi vs Buldakova
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Lyudmila Buldakova above Fabiana Oliveira: 89.6 vs 89.4. Lyudmila Buldakova leads on Dominance, Peak, Honours. Fabiana Oliveira leads on Longevity, Statistics.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BuldakovaWinner
89.6Buldakova wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours
Fabi
89.4Fabi wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Lyudmila Buldakova
89.6
Buldakova leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Lyudmila Buldakova
2. Fabiana Oliveira
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. 🇷🇺 Lyudmila Buldakova5 seasons played · career day 1,826360 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Fabiana Oliveira5 seasons played · career day 1,826319 titles
-11.4% vs Buldakova at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 Fabi | 0 | 0 | 55 | 114 | 246 | 655 |
| 🇷🇺 Buldakova | 0 | 0 | 60 | 126 | 276 | 717 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | FabiRetired | BuldakovaRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 2 | 2 |
| World Grand Prix titles | 8 | — |
| World Championship medals | 2 | — |
| Best libero awards | 5 | — |
| Olympic appearances | 3 | — |
| Olympic medals | — | 3 |
| World Championship gold medals | — | 2 |
| European titles | — | 4 |
| Soviet league titles | — | 6 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 84 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 94 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 88 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Buldakova89.6
Fabi89.4
FAQ
Where does Fabi beat Buldakova?
Fabi scores higher on statistics, longevity. Buldakova leads on peak, dominance, honours.
How is the Fabi vs Buldakova score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Fabi: 89.4, Buldakova: 89.6.
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