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Gatien vs Bengtsson

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GatienWinner
83.9

Gatien wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

Bengtsson
82.8

Bengtsson wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Jean-Philippe Gatien
83.9

Gatien leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World champion in 1993 and Olympic silver medallist in Atlanta.

1. Jean-Philippe Gatien
83.9
2. Stellan Bengtsson
82.8

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. 🇫🇷 Jean-Philippe Gatien5 seasons played · career day 2,92125 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Stellan Bengtsson5 seasons played · career day 2,19113 titles
-48.0% vs Gatien at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Gatien00001426
🇸🇪 Bengtsson0001720

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.

MetricGatienRetiredBengtssonRetired
World Championship golds1
Olympic medals1
World Cup titles1
European titles25
Career-high world ranking1
World singles titles1
World Championship medals9
Swedish titles10
World team medals5
Dominance w25%8280
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8082
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8480

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GOAT Rank · the data
Gatien83.9
Bengtsson82.8
The people
Gatien
Bengtsson

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