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Schneider vs Ceccon

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SchneiderWinner
82.3

Schneider wins: Longevity

Ceccon
82.2

Ceccon wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Petra Schneider
82.3

Schneider leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 400 m medley champion in 1980 and double world champion in 1982.

1. Petra Schneider
82.3
2. Thomas Ceccon
82.2

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. 🇩🇪 Petra Schneider5 seasons played · career day 1,825436 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Thomas Ceccon5 seasons played · career day 2,19021 major golds
-95.2% vs Schneider at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Schneider0070156436590
🇮🇹 Ceccon00021631

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.

MetricSchneiderRetiredCecconActive
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals23
World Championship golds31
European Championship golds5
World records set5
Olympic golds1
World record51.6
European titles4
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%6862
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Schneider82.3
Ceccon82.2
The people
Schneider
Ceccon

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