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Sokolova vs Nalbert

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SokolovaWinner
86.4

Sokolova wins: Longevity

Nalbert
86.3

Nalbert wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Lioubov Sokolova
86.4

Sokolova leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Double world champion with Russia and a multiple Champions League winner.

1. Lioubov Sokolova
86.4
2. Nalbert Bitencourt
86.3

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. 🇧🇷 Nalbert Bitencourt5 seasons played · career day 2,55529 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Lioubov Sokolova5 seasons played · career day 1,8259 titles
-69.0% vs Nalbert at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Sokolova0012918
🇧🇷 Nalbert00001444

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.

MetricSokolovaRetiredNalbertRetired
World Championship golds2
European titles3
Olympic silver medals1
Champions League titles4
Grand Prix medals4
Olympic golds1
World League titles5
World Championship medals1
World Cup titles1
MVP awards2
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Sokolova86.4
Nalbert86.3
The people
Sokolova
Nalbert

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