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Bure vs Ai

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BureWinner
82.9

Bure wins: Peak

Ai
82.9

Ai wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Vladimir Bure
82.9

Bure leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Won four Olympic medals in sprint freestyle across two Games.

1. Vladimir Bure
82.9
2. Ai Yanhan
82.9

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. 🇨🇳 Ai Yanhan5 seasons played · career day 1,825358 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Vladimir Bure5 seasons played · career day 1,826353 major golds
-1.4% vs Ai at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Bure0045103257597
🇨🇳 Ai0050111358708

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.

MetricBureRetiredAiActive
Olympic medals41
European titles2
Soviet titles22
European records set5
Olympic Games contested3
Asian Games gold medals2
World Championship medals2
National titles8
Olympic appearances2
Dominance w25%8080
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7478
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bure82.9
Ai82.9
The people
Bure
Ai

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