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Soni vs Brembilla

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
SoniWinner
83.1

Soni wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Brembilla
82.8

Brembilla wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Rebecca Soni
83.1

Soni leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. First woman under 2:20 in the 200 m breaststroke and a triple Olympic champion.

1. Rebecca Soni
83.1
2. Emiliano Brembilla
82.8

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. 🇺🇸 Rebecca Soni5 seasons played · career day 1,82614 major golds
-98.8% vs Brembilla at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Soni00351114
🇮🇹 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.

MetricSoniRetiredBrembillaRetired
Olympic gold medals3
Olympic medals6
World Championship golds6
World records5
200 m breaststroke world record2.32
European titles2
World short-course golds1
Olympic Games4
400 m freestyle best226.7
Italian records5
Dominance w25%8674
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%6488
Honours w20%8478
Statistics w15%8890

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Soni83.1
Brembilla82.8
The people
Soni
Brembilla

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