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Kubiak vs Apalikov

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KubiakWinner
85.2

Kubiak wins: Dominance

Apalikov
85.2

Apalikov wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇱 Michał Kubiak
85.2

Kubiak leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Captain of Poland's back-to-back world champion teams in 2014 and 2018.

1. Michał Kubiak
85.2
2. Nikolay Apalikov
85.2

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. 🇷🇺 Nikolay Apalikov5 seasons played · career day 2,92134 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇱 Michał Kubiak5 seasons played · career day 1,8258 titles
-76.5% vs Apalikov at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇱 Kubiak0012818
🇷🇺 Apalikov0000543

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.

MetricKubiakActiveApalikovRetired
World Championship golds2
World League titles12
European medals2
World Cup medals1
Poland caps300
Olympic golds1
European titles1
World Cup titles1
Russian league titles4
Dominance w25%8478
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8286
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kubiak85.2
Apalikov85.2
The people
Kubiak
Apalikov

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