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Saive vs Primorac

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SaiveWinner
85.0

Saive wins: no category outright

Primorac
85.0

Primorac wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇪 Jean-Michel Saive
85.0

Saive leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. World number one in 1994 and a world championship silver medallist in 1993.

1. Jean-Michel Saive
85.0
2. Zoran Primorac
85.0

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. 🇭🇷 Zoran Primorac5 seasons played · career day 1,825330 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇪 Jean-Michel Saive5 seasons played · career day 1,825320 titles
-3.0% vs Primorac at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇪 Saive0048104320690
🇭🇷 Primorac0050108330696

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.

MetricSaiveRetiredPrimoracRetired
World Championship medals12
European titles2
Weeks at world number one20
Olympic Games contested77
Years at the top level2928
World Cup titles2
European medals4
Dominance w25%7878
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%9494
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8282

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GOAT Rank · the data
Saive85.0
Primorac85.0
The people
Saive
Primorac

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