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Arvidsson vs Brembilla

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BrembillaWinner
82.8

Brembilla wins: Longevity, Statistics

Arvidsson
82.4

Arvidsson wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Emiliano Brembilla
82.8

Brembilla leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. European champion over 400 m freestyle and a four-time Olympian.

1. Emiliano Brembilla
82.8
2. Pär Arvidsson
82.4

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 season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇮🇹 Emiliano Brembilla5 seasons played · career day 2,5551,143.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Pär Arvidsson5 seasons played · career day 1,826276.2 major golds
-75.8% vs Brembilla at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Arvidsson0056.4112.2222496.15
🇮🇹 Brembilla0000689.51,597.8

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.

MetricArvidssonRetiredBrembillaRetired
Olympic golds1
World records1
European titles22
NCAA titles5
100 m butterfly best54.15
World short-course golds1
Olympic Games4
400 m freestyle best226.7
Italian records5
Dominance w25%8074
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%6888
Honours w20%8478
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Brembilla82.8
Arvidsson82.4
The people
Arvidsson
Brembilla

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