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Kovač vs Emanuel

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KovačWinner
83.1

Kovač wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Emanuel
83.0

Emanuel wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇸 Slobodan Kovač
83.1

Kovač leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic gold medallist in 2000 and later a championship-winning coach.

1. Slobodan Kovač
83.1
2. Emanuel Rego
83.0

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. 🇧🇷 Emanuel Rego5 seasons played · career day 2,92128 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇸 Slobodan Kovač5 seasons played · career day 1,8266 titles
-78.6% vs Emanuel at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇸 Kovač0012415
🇧🇷 Emanuel0000935

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.

MetricKovačRetiredEmanuelRetired
Olympic gold medals1
Olympic bronze medals1
European titles1
Italian league titles2
World League medals3
Olympic golds1
Olympic medals3
World Championship titles3
Tournament wins77
World Tour titles8
Years at top level23
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%8288
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8282

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kovač83.1
Emanuel83.0
The people
Kovač
Emanuel

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