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Chu vs Karvinen

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ChuWinner
85.3

Chu wins: Honours

Karvinen
85.2

Karvinen wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Julie Chu
85.3

Chu leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Four Olympic medals and a record-setting playmaker for the USA.

1. Julie Chu
85.3
2. Michelle Karvinen
85.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points 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 · Points per season
1. 🇺🇸 Julie Chu5 seasons played · career day 2,556142 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇮 Michelle Karvinen5 seasons played · career day 2,19184 points
-40.8% vs Chu at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Chu000048202
🇫🇮 Karvinen0001042150

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.

MetricChuRetiredKarvinenActive
Olympic medals43
World Championship golds5
USA caps200
Olympic Games contested4
NCAA points284152
World Championship medals8
Olympic appearances4
Finland caps200
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8888
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8688

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Chu85.3
Karvinen85.2
The people
Chu
Karvinen

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