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Bure vs Kalisz

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
KaliszWinner
83.0

Kalisz wins: Longevity

Bure
82.9

Bure wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Chase Kalisz
83.0

Kalisz leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 400 m individual medley champion in Tokyo 2021 and a double world champion.

1. Chase Kalisz
83.0
2. Vladimir Bure
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. 🇺🇸 Chase Kalisz5 seasons played · career day 1,825375 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Vladimir Bure5 seasons played · career day 1,826353 major golds
-5.9% vs Kalisz at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Bure0045103257597
🇺🇸 Kalisz0055121375729

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.

MetricBureRetiredKaliszActive
Olympic medals43
European titles2
Soviet titles22
European records set5
Olympic Games contested33
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship titles3
Pan Pacific titles3
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7482
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kalisz83.0
Bure82.9
The people
Bure
Kalisz

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