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Walkenhorst vs Pavan

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WalkenhorstWinner
81.9

Walkenhorst wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Pavan
81.9

Pavan wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Kira Walkenhorst
81.9

Walkenhorst leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion in Rio 2016 and world champion in 2017 with Laura Ludwig.

1. Kira Walkenhorst
81.9
2. Sarah Pavan
81.9

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. 🇨🇦 Sarah Pavan5 seasons played · career day 1,825350 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Kira Walkenhorst5 seasons played · career day 1,825328 titles
-6.3% vs Pavan at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Walkenhorst0050108328688
🇨🇦 Pavan0052114350714

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.

MetricWalkenhorstRetiredPavanActive
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship titles11
European titles2
World Tour wins712
Years at the top level1316
Commonwealth Games golds1
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%7082
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8280

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GOAT Rank · the data
Walkenhorst81.9
Pavan81.9
The people
Walkenhorst
Pavan

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