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Formiga vs Alves

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FormigaWinner
88.2

Formiga wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Alves
88.2

Alves wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Formiga
88.2

Formiga leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Played in seven World Cups and seven Olympic Games across three decades.

1. Formiga
88.2
2. Dani Alves
88.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Goals per season

Career timeline · Goals 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 · Goals per season
1. 🇧🇷 Formiga5 seasons played · career day 1,825258 goals
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Dani Alves5 seasons played · career day 2,55522 goals
-91.5% vs Formiga at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Formiga004593258526
🇧🇷 Alves00001234

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.

MetricFormigaRetiredAlvesRetired
World Cups contested7
Olympic Games contested7
Olympic silver medals2
Copa América titles62
Brazil caps234126
Career trophies43
Champions League titles3
League titles12
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%9992
Honours w20%8894
Statistics w15%8882

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Formiga88.2
Alves88.2
The people
Formiga
Alves

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