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Steffes vs Venturini

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SteffesWinner
84.7

Steffes wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Venturini
84.7

Venturini wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Kent Steffes
84.7

Steffes leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic beach volleyball champion in 1996 and a dominant AVP tour winner.

1. Kent Steffes
84.7
2. Fernanda Venturini
84.7

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. 🇺🇸 Kent Steffes5 seasons played · career day 1,826379 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Fernanda Venturini5 seasons played · career day 3,28643 titles
-88.7% vs Steffes at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Steffes0055121287753
🇧🇷 Venturini0000743

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.

MetricSteffesRetiredVenturiniRetired
Olympic gold medals1
AVP tour wins100
AVP MVP awards2
Tour season titles4
Years at the top level11
Olympic medals1
World Grand Prix titles4
Best setter awards4
Brazil caps300
Olympic Games contested4
Dominance w25%8482
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%7686
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Steffes84.7
Venturini84.7
The people
Steffes
Venturini

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