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Brunner vs Colaci

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ColaciWinner
78.6

Colaci wins: Longevity, Honours

Brunner
78.3

Brunner wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Massimo Colaci
78.6

Colaci leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic silver medallist with Italy in 2016 and a World League winner.

1. Massimo Colaci
78.6
2. Theo Brunner
78.3

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. 🇮🇹 Massimo Colaci5 seasons played · career day 1,826318 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Theo Brunner5 seasons played · career day 1,825311 titles
-2.2% vs Colaci at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Brunner0052109311641
🇮🇹 Colaci0048104240664

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.

MetricBrunnerRetiredColaciActive
AVP titles4
FIVB World Tour medals3
AVP Best Blocker awards1
World Championship appearances3
Seasons on tour13
Olympic medals1
World League titles1
World Championship medals1
Italian league titles2
Years at the top level21
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%8482
Longevity w20%8286
Honours w20%7478
Statistics w15%8276

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GOAT Rank · the data
Colaci78.6
Brunner78.3
The people
Brunner
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