Who is better, Krankl or Bucher?
Hans Krankl leads with a cross-sport score of 86.8 against 78.7 for Simon Bucher — a gap of 8.1 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Krankl vs Bucher
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Hans Krankl above Simon Bucher: 86.8 vs 78.7. Hans Krankl leads on Longevity, Dominance, Peak.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
KranklWinner
86.8Krankl wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Bucher
78.7Bucher wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇦🇹 Hans Krankl
86.8
86.8 in-sport × 1.00 Global participation & competition depth
Krankl leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Hans Krankldepth ×1.00
2. Simon Bucherdepth ×0.97
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · season output
1. 🇦🇹 Hans Krankl77 output
4 seasons by age 21 · 19.3 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for Bucher — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | KranklRetired | BucherActive |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 88 | 78 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 85 | 74 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 78 |
| Statistics w15% | 89 | 88 |
| Career league goals | 392 | — |
| Austria caps | 69 | — |
| European Golden Shoe | 1 | — |
| Pichichi Trophy | 1 | — |
| Cup Winners' Cup | 1 | — |
| European Championship medals | — | 2 |
| Austrian titles | — | 12 |
| National records set | — | 6 |
| Olympic appearances | — | 1 |
| World Championship finals | — | 2 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Krankl86.8
Bucher78.7
FAQ
Where does Bucher beat Krankl?
Bucher does not lead any of the five categories; Krankl is ahead or level on all of them.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Krankl 1.00 (football) and Bucher 0.97 (swimming). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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