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Bure vs Brembilla

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BureWinner
82.9

Bure wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Brembilla
82.8

Brembilla wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Vladimir Bure
82.9

Bure leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won four Olympic medals in sprint freestyle across two Games.

1. Vladimir Bure
82.9
2. Emiliano Brembilla
82.8

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. 🇮🇹 Emiliano Brembilla5 seasons played · career day 2,5551,143.4 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇷🇺 Vladimir Bure5 seasons played · career day 1,826353 major golds
-69.1% vs Brembilla at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Bure0045103257597
🇮🇹 Brembilla0000689.51,597.8

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.

MetricBureRetiredBrembillaRetired
Olympic medals4
European titles22
Soviet titles22
European records set5
Olympic Games contested3
World short-course golds1
Olympic Games4
400 m freestyle best226.7
Italian records5
Dominance w25%8074
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7488
Honours w20%8478
Statistics w15%8690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bure82.9
Brembilla82.8
The people
Bure
Brembilla

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