Who is better, Giba or Santos?
Ricardo Santos leads with a GOAT score of 89.5 against 89.3 for Giba — a gap of 0.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Giba vs Santos
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Ricardo Santos above Giba: 89.5 vs 89.3. Ricardo Santos leads on Longevity, Statistics. Giba leads on Dominance.
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SantosWinner
89.5Santos wins: Longevity, Statistics
Giba
89.3Giba wins: Dominance
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Ricardo Santos
89.5
Santos leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Ricardo Santos
2. Giba
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
Through age 22 · Form index per season
1. 🇧🇷 Giba3 titles
1 season by age 22 · 3 per season
Setting the pace at age 22
No verified birth date for Santos — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 22, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | GibaRetired | SantosRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic golds | 1 | — |
| World Championships | 3 | — |
| World League titles | 8 | — |
| Olympic medals | 3 | 3 |
| MVP awards | 5 | — |
| Seasons at elite level | 18 | — |
| Olympic gold medals | — | 1 |
| World Championship titles | — | 3 |
| World Tour titles | — | 78 |
| Olympic Games contested | — | 5 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 88 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 90 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 90 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Santos89.5
Giba89.3
FAQ
Where does Giba beat Santos?
Giba scores higher on dominance. Santos leads on statistics, longevity.
How is the Giba vs Santos score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Giba: 89.3, Santos: 89.5.
What do you think?
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