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Mikhaylov vs Kim

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KimWinner
79.3

Kim wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Mikhaylov
77.3

Mikhaylov wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Kim Yeon-koung
79.3

Kim leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic MVP in London 2012 and Asia's greatest women's player.

1. Kim Yeon-koung
79.3
2. Maxim Mikhaylov
77.3

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. 🇷🇺 Maxim Mikhaylov5 seasons played · career day 2,92136 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇷 Kim Yeon-koung5 seasons played · career day 2,92136 titles
0.0% vs Mikhaylov at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Mikhaylov00001343
🇰🇷 Kim00001344

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.

MetricMikhaylovActiveKimActive
Olympic golds1
World Cup titles2
World League titles3
Champions League titles41
MVP awards6
Russian league titles8
Olympic MVP1
Asian Championship titles2
Korean league MVP awards7
Olympic top scorer2
Asian Games golds1
Dominance w25%7274
Peak w20%8486
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%7474
Statistics w15%7880

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Kim79.3
Mikhaylov77.3
The people
Mikhaylov
Kim

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