Who is better, Fábio Luiz or Santos?
Ricardo Santos leads with a GOAT score of 89.5 against 89.2 for Fábio Luiz Magalhães — a gap of 0.3 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Fábio Luiz vs Santos
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ricardo Santos above Fábio Luiz Magalhães: 89.5 vs 89.2. Ricardo Santos leads on Longevity, Statistics. Fábio Luiz Magalhães leads on Peak, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SantosWinner
89.5Santos wins: Longevity, Statistics
Fábio Luiz
89.2Fábio Luiz wins: Peak, Honours
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Ricardo Santos
89.5
Santos leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ricardo Santos
2. Fábio Luiz Magalhães
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. 🇧🇷 Fábio Luiz Magalhães5 seasons played · career day 1,825317 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Ricardo Santos5 seasons played · career day 1,82520 titles
-93.7% vs Fábio Luiz at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇷 Fábio Luiz | 0 | 0 | 55 | 114 | 317 | 646 |
| 🇧🇷 Santos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 46 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | Fábio LuizRetired | SantosRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 1 | 1 |
| World Championship medals | 1 | — |
| World Tour titles | 14 | 78 |
| World Tour Finals medals | 3 | — |
| Olympic appearances | 1 | — |
| Olympic medals | — | 3 |
| World Championship titles | — | 3 |
| Olympic Games contested | — | 5 |
| Dominance w25% | 88 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 90 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Santos89.5
Fábio Luiz89.2
FAQ
Where does Fábio Luiz beat Santos?
Fábio Luiz scores higher on peak, honours. Santos leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Fábio Luiz vs Santos score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Fábio Luiz: 89.2, Santos: 89.5.
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