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Akhaminova vs Barros

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AkhaminovaWinner
85.0

Akhaminova wins: Honours

Barros
85.0

Barros wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Yelena Akhaminova
85.0

Akhaminova leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion in Moscow in 1980 and a world championship medallist.

1. Yelena Akhaminova
85.0
2. Leila Barros
85.0

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. 🇷🇺 Yelena Akhaminova5 seasons played · career day 1,825373 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇷 Leila Barros5 seasons played · career day 2,92128 titles
-92.5% vs Akhaminova at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Akhaminova0055120373676
🇧🇷 Barros0000735

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.

MetricAkhaminovaRetiredBarrosRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship medals21
European titles2
World Cup medals1
Soviet league titles5
Olympic medals2
World Grand Prix titles4
South American titles5
MVP awards2
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Akhaminova85.0
Barros85.0
The people
Akhaminova
Barros

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