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Chesnokov vs Stoklos

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
ChesnokovWinner
87.8

Chesnokov wins: Peak, Honours

Stoklos
87.8

Stoklos wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Yuri Chesnokov
87.8

Chesnokov leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic champion in 1964 and a two-time world champion captain.

1. Yuri Chesnokov
87.8
2. Randy Stoklos
87.8

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. 🇷🇺 Yuri Chesnokov5 seasons played · career day 1,826353 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Randy Stoklos5 seasons played · career day 1,82527 titles
-92.4% vs Chesnokov at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇷🇺 Chesnokov0058122270697
🇺🇸 Stoklos00142763

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.

MetricChesnokovRetiredStoklosRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World Championship gold medals2
European titles3
Soviet league titles5
National team years11
Career beach titles122
AVP MVP awards3
World Championship titles1
Years on tour18
Career prize money in dollars1,500,000
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9392
Longevity w20%8088
Honours w20%9484
Statistics w15%8690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Chesnokov87.8
Stoklos87.8
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