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Pires vs Fijałek

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PiresWinner
83.6

Pires wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Fijałek
83.6

Fijałek wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Sandra Pires
83.6

Pires leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won the first Olympic beach volleyball gold medal for women in Atlanta 1996.

1. Sandra Pires
83.6
2. Grzegorz Fijałek
83.6

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. 🇧🇷 Sandra Pires5 seasons played · career day 1,825396 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Fijałek5 seasons played · career day 1,825303 titles
-23.5% vs Pires at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Pires0058128396736
🇵🇱 Fijałek0050105303640

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.

MetricPiresRetiredFijałekActive
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic medals2
World Championship titles1
World Tour wins30
Olympic Games contested3
European titles1
World Tour titles4
Olympic appearances3
World Championship medals1
Polish titles6
Dominance w25%8278
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7886
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Pires83.6
Fijałek83.6
The people
Pires
Fijałek

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