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Dolinar vs Pavlovich

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
DolinarWinner
83.4

Dolinar wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Pavlovich
83.3

Pavlovich wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇭🇷 Žarko Dolinar
83.4

Dolinar leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World doubles champion and a Yugoslav team medallist in the 1950s.

1. Žarko Dolinar
83.4
2. Viktoria Pavlovich
83.3

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. 🇭🇷 Žarko Dolinar5 seasons played · career day 1,825308 titles
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇧🇾 Viktoria Pavlovich5 seasons played · career day 1,826275 titles
-10.7% vs Dolinar at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇭🇷 Dolinar004598308647
🇧🇾 Pavlovich004595210582

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.

MetricDolinarRetiredPavlovichRetired
World doubles titles1
World Championship medals5
National titles6
World team medals3
Seasons at the top8
European Championship medals4
Olympic appearances5
World ranking peak7
Pro Tour titles2
Belarusian titles12
Dominance w25%8078
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8088
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Dolinar83.4
Pavlovich83.3
The people
Dolinar
Pavlovich

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