Who is better, Sundhage or Alshammar?
Pia Sundhage leads with a cross-sport score of 88.2 against 87.6 for Therese Alshammar — a gap of 0.6 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Sundhage vs Alshammar
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Pia Sundhage above Therese Alshammar: 88.2 vs 87.6. Pia Sundhage leads on Dominance. Therese Alshammar leads on Longevity, Statistics, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
SundhageWinner
88.2Sundhage wins: Dominance
Alshammar
87.6Alshammar wins: Longevity, Honours, Statistics
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇸🇪 Pia Sundhage
88.2
88.2 in-sport × 1.00 Global participation & competition depth
Sundhage leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Pia Sundhagedepth ×1.00
2. Therese Alshammardepth ×0.97
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · season output1. 🇸🇪 Pia Sundhage5 seasons played · career day 1,825307 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇸🇪 Therese Alshammar5 seasons played · career day 2,556124.9 output
-59.3% vs Sundhage at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇪 Sundhage | 0 | 0 | 52 | 109 | 307 | 636 |
| 🇸🇪 Alshammar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.7 | 174.01 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | SundhageRetired | AlshammarRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 84 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 96 |
| Honours w20% | 86 | 88 |
| Statistics w15% | 90 | 94 |
| European Championship titles | 1 | — |
| Sweden caps | 146 | — |
| Sweden goals | 71 | — |
| Damallsvenskan titles | 6 | — |
| World Cup appearances | 2 | — |
| Olympic medals | — | 3 |
| World Championship golds | — | 5 |
| Olympic Games | — | 6 |
| 50 m freestyle best | — | 23.9 |
| World records | — | 3 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Sundhage88.2
Alshammar87.6
FAQ
Where does Alshammar beat Sundhage?
Alshammar scores higher on honours, statistics, longevity. Sundhage leads on dominance.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Sundhage 1.00 (football) and Alshammar 0.97 (swimming). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
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