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Priddy vs Buldakova

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BuldakovaWinner
89.6

Buldakova wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Priddy
89.5

Priddy wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Lyudmila Buldakova
89.6

Buldakova leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time Olympic champion and two-time world champion with the Soviet Union.

1. Lyudmila Buldakova
89.6
2. William Priddy
89.5

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. 🇷🇺 Lyudmila Buldakova5 seasons played · career day 1,826360 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 William Priddy5 seasons played · career day 1,825325 titles
-9.7% vs Buldakova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Priddy0055115325675
🇷🇺 Buldakova0060126276717

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.

MetricPriddyRetiredBuldakovaRetired
Olympic gold medals12
Olympic medals23
World League titles2
Olympic appearances4
NORCECA titles3
World Championship gold medals2
European titles4
Soviet league titles6
Dominance w25%8688
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%9084
Honours w20%9294
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Buldakova89.6
Priddy89.5
The people
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Buldakova

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