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Pottharst vs Garay

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PottharstWinner
82.4

Pottharst wins: Dominance, Peak

Garay
82.3

Garay wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇦🇺 Kerri Pottharst
82.4

Pottharst leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic beach volleyball champion on home sand in Sydney 2000.

1. Kerri Pottharst
82.4
2. Fernanda Garay
82.3

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. 🇦🇺 Kerri Pottharst5 seasons played · career day 1,825357 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Fernanda Garay5 seasons played · career day 1,825352 titles
-1.4% vs Pottharst at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇦🇺 Pottharst0055119357715
🇧🇷 Garay0052114352718

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.

MetricPottharstRetiredGarayActive
Olympic gold medals11
Olympic medals2
World Tour wins8
World Championship medals1
Olympic Games contested3
World Grand Prix titles5
World Grand Champions Cup titles1
Club world titles2
Years with the national team15
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8080

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GOAT Rank · the data
Pottharst82.4
Garay82.3
The people
Pottharst
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