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Gamova vs Kim

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GamovaWinner
80.2

Gamova wins: Dominance, Honours

Kim
79.3

Kim wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Yekaterina Gamova
80.2

Gamova leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two world titles and two Olympic silvers as the sport's most feared attacker.

1. Yekaterina Gamova
80.2
2. Kim Yeon-koung
79.3

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. 🇷🇺 Yekaterina Gamova5 seasons played · career day 2,55636 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇷 Kim Yeon-koung5 seasons played · career day 2,92136 titles
0.0% vs Gamova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Gamova00002150
🇰🇷 Kim00001344

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.

MetricGamovaRetiredKimActive
World Championship titles2
Olympic medals2
European Championship titles3
Champions League titles31
MVP awards4
Grand Prix titles1
Olympic MVP1
Asian Championship titles2
Korean league MVP awards7
Olympic top scorer2
Asian Games golds1
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8074
Statistics w15%8080

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Gamova80.2
Kim79.3
The people
Gamova
Kim

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