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Paltrinieri vs Klochkova

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
PaltrinieriWinner
87.9

Paltrinieri wins: Longevity

Klochkova
87.9

Klochkova wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Gregorio Paltrinieri
87.9

Paltrinieri leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 1500 m champion in Rio and a multiple world champion in pool and open water.

1. Gregorio Paltrinieri
87.9
2. Yana Klochkova
87.9

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 season
1. 🇺🇦 Yana Klochkova5 seasons played · career day 2,55621.8 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Gregorio Paltrinieri5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
-45.0% vs Klochkova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Paltrinieri00121225
🇺🇦 Klochkova00008.7730.5

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.

MetricPaltrinieriActiveKlochkovaRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals5
World Championship golds75
European Championship golds15
World records11
Olympic golds4
400m medley best (min)4.33
European titles12
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8678
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Paltrinieri87.9
Klochkova87.9
The people
Paltrinieri
Klochkova

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