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Bugajenkovs vs Hyden

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BugajenkovsWinner
87.6

Bugajenkovs wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Hyden
87.3

Hyden wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇱🇻 Ivans Bugajenkovs
87.6

Bugajenkovs leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic champion in 1964 and 1968 with the Soviet Union.

1. Ivans Bugajenkovs
87.6
2. John Hyden
87.3

Category breakdown

Season form · Titles per season

Career timeline · Titles 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 · Titles per season
1. 🇱🇻 Ivans Bugajenkovs5 seasons played · career day 1,826364 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 John Hyden5 seasons played · career day 1,825294 titles
-19.2% vs Bugajenkovs at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇱🇻 Bugajenkovs0058123276690
🇺🇸 Hyden0052107294591

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.

MetricBugajenkovsRetiredHydenRetired
Olympic gold medals2
World Championship gold medals1
European titles2
Soviet league titles6
National team years11
AVP titles27
FIVB World Tour medals12
AVP Most Valuable Player awards1
Seasons on tour24
World Championship appearances5
Dominance w25%8682
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8094
Honours w20%9484
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bugajenkovs87.6
Hyden87.3
The people
Bugajenkovs
Hyden

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