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Schmeling vs Chocolate

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SchmelingWinner
86.3

Schmeling wins: Longevity

Chocolate
86.2

Chocolate wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Max Schmeling
86.3

Schmeling leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World heavyweight champion 1930-32 and the first man to beat Joe Louis.

1. Max Schmeling
86.3
2. Kid Chocolate
86.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇨🇺 Kid Chocolate5 years played · career day 1,826107 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Max Schmeling5 years played · career day 1,82635 title wins
-67.3% vs Chocolate at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Schmeling008173047
🇨🇺 Chocolate00305593143

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years 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.

MetricSchmelingRetiredChocolateRetired
World heavyweight titles1
Professional wins56136
Knockouts40
Professional bouts70152
European titles2
World titles won2
Knockout wins51
Professional losses10
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8676
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Schmeling86.3
Chocolate86.2
The people
Schmeling
Chocolate

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