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Thaísa vs Ludwig

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ThaísaWinner
86.8

Thaísa wins: Honours

Ludwig
86.7

Ludwig wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇧🇷 Thaísa Daher de Menezes
86.8

Thaísa leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Double Olympic champion with Brazil in 2008 and 2012 and a Grand Prix serial winner.

1. Thaísa Daher de Menezes
86.8
2. Laura Ludwig
86.7

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Titles per season
1. 🇧🇷 Thaísa Daher de Menezes5 seasons played · career day 1,825375 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Laura Ludwig5 seasons played · career day 3,65230 titles
-92.0% vs Thaísa at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇧🇷 Thaísa0055119375739
🇩🇪 Ludwig0000022

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.

MetricThaísaRetiredLudwigActive
Olympic gold medals2
World Grand Prix titles7
World Grand Champions Cup titles2
Club world titles2
Olympic Games contested44
Olympic golds1
World Championship golds1
European titles3
World Tour titles15
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8484
Honours w20%9088
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Thaísa86.8
Ludwig86.7
The people
Thaísa
Ludwig

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