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Abramova vs Dal Zotto

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AbramovaWinner
82.6

Abramova wins: Dominance, Honours

Dal Zotto
82.5

Dal Zotto 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. Renan Dal Zotto
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. 🇧🇷 Renan Dal Zotto5 seasons played · career day 2,55634 titles
-90.8% vs Abramova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Abramova0055120278636
🇧🇷 Dal Zotto00001748

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.

MetricAbramovaRetiredDal ZottoRetired
World Championship gold medals1
Olympic medals11
European titles2
Soviet league titles4
National team years9
World Cup medals1
South American titles4
Brazil caps280
Olympic appearances3
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7484
Honours w20%8678
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Abramova82.6
Dal Zotto82.5
The people
Abramova
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