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Abramova vs Czekalla

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
AbramovaWinner
82.6

Abramova wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Czekalla
82.5

Czekalla wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Nelli Abramova
82.6

Abramova leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World champion and an Olympic silver medallist for the Soviet Union.

1. Nelli Abramova
82.6
2. Barbara Czekalla
82.5

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. 🇷🇺 Nelli Abramova5 seasons played · career day 1,826371 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Barbara Czekalla5 seasons played · career day 2,55635 titles
-90.6% vs Abramova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Abramova0055120278636
🇩🇪 Czekalla00001152

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.

MetricAbramovaRetiredCzekallaRetired
World Championship gold medals1
Olympic medals12
European titles21
Soviet league titles4
National team years9
World Championship medals1
Olympic Games2
National titles6
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%7480
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Abramova82.6
Czekalla82.5
The people
Abramova
Czekalla

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