Wind forced the Sölden start lower, cutting each run to under a minute, so today's small gaps don't compare directly with full-length races.
Back to the trend of the day: Brazil's Lucas Braathen wins first men's giant slalom of the ski season
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
Men's giant slalom standings 2026-27: top 10 skiers
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has now beaten Marco Odermatt at the Olympics and again in Sölden, winning the opener by 0.48 seconds as Odermatt took third in his 200th World Cup race.
- No. 1: Lucas Pinheiro Braathen
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen
He leads on all three boards: Sölden win by 0.48 s, last season's globe with 547 points, and Olympic gold 0.58 s ahead of Odermatt.
Included it: Claude, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 1 · Meta: 1 · Grok: 1 · Gemini: 1 · MiMo: 1 · Kimi: 1 · DeepSeek: 1 · Qwen: 1
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 1
Olympic champion, reigning GS globe winner, and now the Sölden winner, from three straight runner-up places.
- Metaplace 1
1:44.72 Sölden win by 0.48s, Olympic GS gold 2:25.00, reigning GS globe 547 pts — unbeaten in GS since Olympic gold
Source ↗ - Grokplace 1
Unbeaten in four consecutive elite GS races including Olympic gold and the 2026-27 Sölden opener, beating Odermatt and Meillard
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Defending 2025/26 GS globe winner and 2026 Olympic champion who opened the 2026/27 campaign today in Sölden with a 0.48s victory over Meillard and Odermatt.
- MiMoplace 1
Four straight elite giant slalom wins — Olympic gold, the two races that closed last season, and today's opener by 0.48s.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 1
He owns the last three rounds against Odermatt—and now the first 100 points of 2026-27.
- DeepSeekplace 1
The reigning Olympic and World Cup GS champion opened 2026-27 by beating both Swiss favourites in Sölden.
- Qwenplace 1
The Olympic and reigning Crystal Globe champion just opened the 2026-27 season by beating Odermatt in Sölden.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 2
Marco Odermatt
Third in Sölden (+0.49 s) and Olympic silver, yet his 47 GS podiums are a Swiss record. Sources give his career GS wins as 23 or 29.
Included it: Claude, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 2 · Meta: 2 · Grok: 2 · Gemini: 2 · MiMo: 2 · Kimi: 2 · DeepSeek: 2 · Qwen: 2
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 2
A Swiss record 47 GS podiums, though he was beaten on the two biggest days of the past year.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 2
47 GS podiums Swiss record, 1626 overall points 2025-26, 3rd at Sölden +0.49s after injury-hit off-season
Source ↗ - Grokplace 2
Five-time overall World Cup champion and long-time GS benchmark still posts top-3 finishes and holds the deepest consistency record
- Geminiplace 2
Four-time giant slalom crystal globe winner and Olympic gold medalist holding 23 career World Cup GS victories, who took 3rd today in Sölden.
- MiMoplace 2
29 World Cup GS wins and a Swiss-record 47 GS podiums — and he still crossed the line 0.49s behind today.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 2
Thirteen podiums in 20 starts are still the deepest floor in the room.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
Third in Sölden on his 200th World Cup start — and still the man who sets the season-long standard.
- Qwenplace 2
The all-time great is still the man to beat, despite settling for bronze in Sölden and silver at the Olympics.
8 AIs put it here - 3
Loïc Meillard
Second in Sölden, beating Odermatt by 0.01 s. He finished 9 points behind him last season (486) and won GS bronze at both the Olympics and the 2025 Worlds.
Included it: Claude, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 3 · Meta: 3 · Grok: 3 · Gemini: 3 · MiMo: 3 · Kimi: 3 · DeepSeek: 3 · Qwen: 3
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 3
Second at Sölden after never having finished higher than fifth there, and 1 point behind Odermatt in last year's GS table.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 3
2nd at Sölden 2026 by 0.01s over Odermatt, Olympic slalom gold, GS bronze 2:26.17, 486 GS points last season
Source ↗ - Grokplace 3
Olympic slalom champion who finished second in the 2026-27 Sölden GS and regularly challenges the top two in technical events
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 3
Switzerland's technical virtuoso who took 2nd today in Sölden (+0.48s) after pushing Braathen to the wire with 486 points last winter.
- MiMoplace 3
Beat Odermatt by one hundredth of a second today — after finishing top-three in the GS Globe race three seasons running.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 3
He is 10-7 against Odermatt across the last 17 shared classified finishes.
- DeepSeekplace 3
Second in Sölden, first on the FIS GS points list, and a major-championship GS bronze double.
- Qwenplace 3
The Swiss veteran snatched Olympic bronze and finished a razor-thin second in the season opener.
8 AIs put it here - 4
Henrik Kristoffersen
Seventh at the Olympics and seventh last season (318 points), but 22nd in Sölden after sitting seventh after run 1.
Included it: Claude, Meta, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Grok.In their lists: Claude: 7 · Meta: 5 · Gemini: 4 · MiMo: 4 · Kimi: 5 · DeepSeek: 6 · Wenxin: 4 · Qwen: 7
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 7
Two podiums last season, but 22nd at Sölden after a seventh place on run 1.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 5
22nd at Sölden after 7th first run, but 60 points Beaver Creek 2025 GS, 821 overall points 2025-26
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 4
Two-time World Champion and 30-time World Cup race winner who remains the most experienced gate technician on the circuit.
- MiMoplace 4
Four of his World Cup GS wins came at Kranjska Gora and two at Alta Badia — the 32-year-old still chasing Stenmark's win record.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 5
The last old-guard giant still has five podiums in the window.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 6
Seventh at the Olympics and fifth on the FIS GS list, but 22nd in Sölden shows the gap between rating and race day.
- Wenxinplace 4
FIS giant slalom points rating of 12.7, top ranked technical slalom skier outside the top 3
- Qwenplace 7
The 2022 Olympic GS gold medalist brings immense experience and a relentless attacking style to the tour.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 5
Atle Lie McGrath
Fifth at the Olympics and sixth last season (330 points), but he fell in run 2 in Sölden and scored no points: plenty of speed, not enough finishes.
Included it: Claude, Meta, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Grok.In their lists: Claude: 6 · Meta: 4 · Gemini: 8 · MiMo: 5 · Kimi: 6 · DeepSeek: 4 · Wenxin: 5 · Qwen: 8
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 6
Fifth after run 1 at Sölden, then a fall, which sums up a rider with speed but fewer finishes.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 4
WCSL 5th 375 points entering Sölden, 936 overall points 2025-26, slalom globe winner but GS top 5
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 8
Dual-discipline prodigy capable of laying down the single fastest second run on any given World Cup weekend.
- MiMoplace 5
Was fifth after run 1 in Sölden before run 2 got away — the reigning slalom World Cup champion with unfinished GS business.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 6
Three of his final four 2025-26 GS starts were top-fives.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
Fifth at the Olympics and sixth in last season’s GS standings; his Sölden DNF is a blip, not a verdict.
- Wenxinplace 5
4th place at 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, strong track record of second run charge-ups
- Qwenplace 8
A fierce rival to Braathen, his aggressive edge control makes him a perennial threat on icy GS courses.
8 AIs put it here - 6
River Radamus
Fourth today (+0.82 s) after sitting 15th following run 1, and only 0.33 s off the podium. But he was 10th last season and 17th at the Olympics.
Included it: Claude, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 8 · Meta: 7 · Grok: 4 · Gemini: 9 · MiMo: 6 · Kimi: 8 · DeepSeek: 8 · Qwen: 5
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 8
Held the leader's chair for most of the Sölden final before finishing fourth, 0.82 back.
- Metaplace 7
4th at Sölden 2026 up 11 places, 51.99s second run 2nd fastest, best US men's GS since 2006
- Grokplace 4
Strong second-run climber to 4th in Sölden opener; consistent top-10 threat for the United States
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 9
American team champion who proved his medal ceiling with a breakout World Cup GS podium in Palisades Tahoe and top-six Olympic finishes.
- MiMoplace 6
From 15th after run 1 to fourth — 0.33s off the podium in the biggest jump of the day.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 8
One 0.82-second deficit to Braathen just bought a 50-point argument.
- DeepSeekplace 8
Fourth in Sölden after starting the second run 15th — his best GS result in years.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 5
The top American proved his consistency by finishing a stellar fourth in the season's first giant slalom.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 7
Stefan Brennsteiner
Fourth over last season with 431 points and third after run 1 in Sölden, but he faded to 11th. He was 8th at the Olympics.
Included it: Claude, Meta, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin. Did not include: ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: 4 · Meta: 6 · MiMo: 9 · Kimi: 4 · DeepSeek: 5 · Wenxin: 10
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 4
Fourth in last year's table with a win and two more podiums, and a Sölden run-one third who finished 11th.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 6
11th at Sölden after 3rd first run, 431 GS points 2025-26 4th place, 1 GS win Copper Mountain 2025
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 9
Set the Sölden second-run benchmark today and has stood on that same podium before — Austria's steadiest GS card.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 4
Eleven top-fives in 20 starts at age 35 is a career rebirth.
- DeepSeekplace 5
Fourth in last season’s GS standings and third after the Sölden first run, before a second-run fade to 11th.
- Wenxinplace 10
3rd place at 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, consistent late season podium threat
6 AIs put it here - 8
Raphael Haaser
Reigning world GS champion and fifth in Sölden (+0.86 s), yet he was 19th at the Olympics and 18th last season, the biggest big-day versus season gap here.
Included it: Meta, Grok, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: Meta: 8 · Grok: 5 · MiMo: 7 · Kimi: 9 · DeepSeek: 7
What each AI noted 5
- Metaplace 8
5th at Sölden 2026, fastest second run 51.90s, +0.04 behind Radamus, super-G specialist crossing over
Source ↗ - Grokplace 5
Austrian who moved into 5th at Sölden with a solid second run; reliable World Cup points scorer
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 7
Won the 2025 world GS title at home in Saalbach in 2:39.71 — a shock even by the FIS's own headline.
- Kimiplace 9
He is the reigning world champion and still made the opener's top five.
- DeepSeekplace 7
The 2025 world GS champion is only 10th on the FIS list and 19th at the Olympics — the big-day outlier.
5 AIs put it here - 9
Alex Vinatzer
Seventh in Sölden (+1.08 s) and ninth last season with 224 points. His one recent podium was second at Beaver Creek, behind Odermatt.
Included it: Claude, Meta, Grok, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Gemini, MiMo, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: 9 · Meta: 9 · Grok: 7 · Kimi: 10 · DeepSeek: 9
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 9
Ninth in last year's table with one podium, a second at Beaver Creek behind Odermatt.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 9
7th at Sölden 2026, 2nd Beaver Creek 2025 GS +0.23 behind Odermatt, 80 points
Source ↗ - Grokplace 7
Best Italian at Sölden in 7th; technical specialist with prior World Cup podiums
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 10
Beaver Creek second and Sölden seventh make him the borderline tenth.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 9
Seventh in Sölden and ninth in last season’s GS standings — consistently close, rarely on the podium.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 10
Marco Schwarz
Won Alta Badia and finished fifth last season (339 points). His Sölden result is disputed: 'top 5' in one report, out in run 1 in another.
Included it: Claude, Kimi, Wenxin, Qwen. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek.In their lists: Claude: 5 · Kimi: 7 · Wenxin: 7 · Qwen: 4
What each AI noted 4
- Claudeplace 5
Won Alta Badia and was second at Sölden 2025, but no sourced 2026 Sölden placing.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 7
Alta Badia proved the old Marco is still in there.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 7
Won 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, with the fastest first run time in that race
- Qwenplace 4
Dropping slalom to focus purely on speed and GS, he immediately cracked the top 5 in the Sölden opener.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Before last season Odermatt had won 24 of the previous 37 World Cup giant slaloms. That is the dominance Braathen has broken.
The FIS points list does not agree with itself across copies. One puts Meillard 1st and Braathen 7th; another ties Braathen and Odermatt at 0.00. Neither yet includes Sölden.
Braathen led after run 1 in Sölden but had only the 10th-fastest second run, and still won.
Last season's 10 GS races, including the Olympics, had 6 different winners.
03Questions people ask
who is the best skier right now
In giant slalom it is Lucas Pinheiro Braathen: Olympic champion, 2025-26 globe winner (547 points) and winner of the 2026-27 opener in Sölden.
who is the best skier in the world right now
Across all events, Marco Odermatt, who won the 2025-26 overall title with 1,626 points. Braathen is the current giant slalom leader.
who is the best downhill skier right now
Marco Odermatt won the 2025-26 downhill World Cup with 706 points.
why do ski rankings disagree on who is number one
They measure different things. This season's table has Braathen 100, Meillard 80, Odermatt 60, while the rolling FIS points list predates Sölden and its copies differ.
Source ↗04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 men's giant slalom skiers right now: who is fastest today, who holds up over a whole season, and who can really challenge Odermatt
2Why this topic
The season table, the rolling FIS rating and big-event form each give a different top ten, and this list weighs all three to show which challengers are real and which are early-season surprises.
3Where it applies
Global men's alpine skiing, giant slalom, 2026-27 season
4What we looked at
- Place in the current FIS World Cup giant slalom standings, with points per race
- Place on the FIS points list, a rolling rating built from each skier's best results (lower is better)
- Share of the last 20 giant slalom starts finished on the podium or in the top 5
- Olympic and World Championship giant slalom results, counted as a 'big-day' score
- Head-to-head record against Marco Odermatt in recent giant slaloms
- FIS World Cup GS standings 2026-27 — Points this season. After the Sölden race only, the top three have 100, 80 and 60
- 2025-26 World Cup GS final standings — Points over the whole of last season, a test of consistency
- Olympics.com / FIS championship results — Olympic GS 2026 and World Championship GS 2025 results, the 'big-day' score
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazil)
Olympic champion, reigning GS globe winner, and now the Sölden winner, from three straight runner-up places.
- 2Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
A Swiss record 47 GS podiums, though he was beaten on the two biggest days of the past year.
Source ↗ - 3Loïc Meillard (Switzerland)
Second at Sölden after never having finished higher than fifth there, and 1 point behind Odermatt in last year's GS table.
Source ↗ - 4Stefan Brennsteiner (Austria)
Fourth in last year's table with a win and two more podiums, and a Sölden run-one third who finished 11th.
Source ↗ - 5Marco Schwarz (Austria)
Won Alta Badia and was second at Sölden 2025, but no sourced 2026 Sölden placing.
Source ↗ - 6Atle Lie McGrath (Norway)
Fifth after run 1 at Sölden, then a fall, which sums up a rider with speed but fewer finishes.
Source ↗ - 7Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway)
Two podiums last season, but 22nd at Sölden after a seventh place on run 1.
Source ↗ - 8River Radamus (USA)
Held the leader's chair for most of the Sölden final before finishing fourth, 0.82 back.
- 9Alex Vinatzer (Italy)
Ninth in last year's table with one podium, a second at Beaver Creek behind Odermatt.
Source ↗ - 10Léo Anguenot (France)
A podium in Adelboden 2026, 14th last season, and in the Sölden top 10.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Odermatt finished third at Sölden, 0.01 s behind Meillard, in his 200th World Cup start. It was his 47th GS podium, a Swiss record.
Last season the top three in GS were separated by 61 points (547, 495, 486). Braathen won the globe after Odermatt went out in the first run of the Hafjell finale.
Braathen led after run 1 at Sölden, but his second run was only the 10th fastest.
Last season's 10 GS races (including the Olympics) had 6 different winners, a sign of how open the discipline is.
🇺🇸 Meta10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Meta alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA) 2026-27
1:44.72 Sölden win by 0.48s, Olympic GS gold 2:25.00, reigning GS globe 547 pts — unbeaten in GS since Olympic gold
Source ↗ - 2Marco Odermatt (SUI)
47 GS podiums Swiss record, 1626 overall points 2025-26, 3rd at Sölden +0.49s after injury-hit off-season
Source ↗ - 3Loïc Meillard (SUI)
2nd at Sölden 2026 by 0.01s over Odermatt, Olympic slalom gold, GS bronze 2:26.17, 486 GS points last season
Source ↗ - 4Atle Lie McGrath (NOR)
WCSL 5th 375 points entering Sölden, 936 overall points 2025-26, slalom globe winner but GS top 5
Source ↗ - 5Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR)
22nd at Sölden after 7th first run, but 60 points Beaver Creek 2025 GS, 821 overall points 2025-26
Source ↗ - 6Stefan Brennsteiner (AUT)
11th at Sölden after 3rd first run, 431 GS points 2025-26 4th place, 1 GS win Copper Mountain 2025
Source ↗ - 7River Radamus (USA)
4th at Sölden 2026 up 11 places, 51.99s second run 2nd fastest, best US men's GS since 2006
- 8Raphael Haaser (AUT)
5th at Sölden 2026, fastest second run 51.90s, +0.04 behind Radamus, super-G specialist crossing over
Source ↗ - 9Alex Vinatzer (ITA)
7th at Sölden 2026, 2nd Beaver Creek 2025 GS +0.23 behind Odermatt, 80 points
Source ↗ - 10Timon Haugan (NOR)
4th Adelboden 2026 GS, 8th Schladming, 50+32 points back-to-back, next gen after Kristoffersen
Source ↗
What Meta noticed
Sölden 2026 men's GS was a sprint: both runs shortened to ∼52s due to strong gusts, upper section cancelled, times 1:44.72 winning — benefits aggressive first run
Braathen ended Odermatt 4-year GS globe streak in 2025-26: 547 vs 495 points, won finals Hafjell, also won Olympic gold over Odermatt silver
Odermatt still holds Swiss GS podium record: 47 podiums after Sölden 2026 third place, 1.626 overall points last season vs Braathen 1,058
🇺🇸 Grok10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by Grok alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen
Unbeaten in four consecutive elite GS races including Olympic gold and the 2026-27 Sölden opener, beating Odermatt and Meillard
Source ↗ - 2Marco Odermatt
Five-time overall World Cup champion and long-time GS benchmark still posts top-3 finishes and holds the deepest consistency record
- 3Loïc Meillard
Olympic slalom champion who finished second in the 2026-27 Sölden GS and regularly challenges the top two in technical events
Source ↗ - 4River Radamus
Strong second-run climber to 4th in Sölden opener; consistent top-10 threat for the United States
Source ↗ - 5Raphael Haaser
Austrian who moved into 5th at Sölden with a solid second run; reliable World Cup points scorer
Source ↗ - 6Fabian Gratz
German in 6th at the season opener; emerging consistent presence in GS
Source ↗ - 7Alex Vinatzer
Best Italian at Sölden in 7th; technical specialist with prior World Cup podiums
Source ↗ - 8Eirik Hystad Solberg
Norwegian who finished 8th in the opener; part of a strong Nordic technical group
Source ↗ - 9Léo Anguenot
French skier who climbed to 9th with a strong second run at Sölden
- 10Patrick Feurstein
Austrian completing the top 10 at the season-opening GS
Source ↗
What Grok noticed
Braathen’s four-race GS winning streak (Olympic gold plus three World Cup) is the clearest current form edge over the long-dominant Odermatt.
Meillard’s second place confirms the Swiss technical depth remains the primary challenge to any single leader.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen
Defending 2025/26 GS globe winner and 2026 Olympic champion who opened the 2026/27 campaign today in Sölden with a 0.48s victory over Meillard and Odermatt.
- 2Marco Odermatt
Four-time giant slalom crystal globe winner and Olympic gold medalist holding 23 career World Cup GS victories, who took 3rd today in Sölden.
- 3Loïc Meillard
Switzerland's technical virtuoso who took 2nd today in Sölden (+0.48s) after pushing Braathen to the wire with 486 points last winter.
- 4Henrik Kristoffersen
Two-time World Champion and 30-time World Cup race winner who remains the most experienced gate technician on the circuit.
- 5Alexander Steen Olsen
The 2024 Sölden winner who regularly posts the highest turn-exit speeds in modern giant slalom.
- 6Žan Kranjec
Beijing 2022 Olympic GS silver medalist whose textbook carving consistency has kept him inside the top-seven start seed for seven straight seasons.
- 7Filip Zubčić
Three-time World Cup GS victor whose aggressive, direct line makes him the primary podium disruptor on steep icy pitches like Alta Badia.
- 8Atle Lie McGrath
Dual-discipline prodigy capable of laying down the single fastest second run on any given World Cup weekend.
- 9River Radamus
American team champion who proved his medal ceiling with a breakout World Cup GS podium in Palisades Tahoe and top-six Olympic finishes.
- 10Thomas Tumler
Swiss veteran who resurrected his career with multiple World Cup GS podiums, giving Switzerland three racers in the global top ten.
🇨🇳 MiMo10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by MiMo alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazil)
Four straight elite giant slalom wins — Olympic gold, the two races that closed last season, and today's opener by 0.48s.
Source ↗ - 2Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
29 World Cup GS wins and a Swiss-record 47 GS podiums — and he still crossed the line 0.49s behind today.
Source ↗ - 3Loïc Meillard (Switzerland)
Beat Odermatt by one hundredth of a second today — after finishing top-three in the GS Globe race three seasons running.
Source ↗ - 4Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway)
Four of his World Cup GS wins came at Kranjska Gora and two at Alta Badia — the 32-year-old still chasing Stenmark's win record.
Source ↗ - 5Atle Lie McGrath (Norway)
Was fifth after run 1 in Sölden before run 2 got away — the reigning slalom World Cup champion with unfinished GS business.
Source ↗ - 6River Radamus (USA)
From 15th after run 1 to fourth — 0.33s off the podium in the biggest jump of the day.
Source ↗ - 7Raphael Haaser (Austria)
Won the 2025 world GS title at home in Saalbach in 2:39.71 — a shock even by the FIS's own headline.
- 8Thomas Tumler (Switzerland)
Silver by 0.23s at Saalbach 2025 — the veteran Swiss who turns one big day into a career medal.
- 9Stefan Brennsteiner (Austria)
Set the Sölden second-run benchmark today and has stood on that same podium before — Austria's steadiest GS card.
Source ↗ - 10Timon Haugan (Norway)
Three top-10s in his final six GS races last season — and two slalom wins proving the speed travels between disciplines.
Source ↗
What MiMo noticed
The scale of what Braathen interrupted: before last season Odermatt had won 24 of the previous 37 World Cup giant slaloms — a strike rate of nearly two in three for four straight GS globes.
Today's margins were knife-edge: Meillard beat Odermatt for second by one hundredth of a second after trailing him at the final intermediate split — 'I had a few times when I was one-hundredth behind, so now it's my turn'.
Braathen's streak started at the Olympics and includes the last-run, everything-on-the-line Hafjell race where Odermatt DNF'd and the globe changed hands — the most dramatic GS title decider in years.
The challengers come from odd places: the 2025 world title went to Haaser (a shock), the Sölden runner-up spot to a new father who 'always starts slowly', and fourth place to an American who was 15th after run 1.
🇨🇳 Kimi10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Kimi alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazil)
He owns the last three rounds against Odermatt—and now the first 100 points of 2026-27.
- 2Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
Thirteen podiums in 20 starts are still the deepest floor in the room.
Source ↗ - 3Loïc Meillard (Switzerland)
He is 10-7 against Odermatt across the last 17 shared classified finishes.
- 4Stefan Brennsteiner (Austria)
Eleven top-fives in 20 starts at age 35 is a career rebirth.
- 5Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway)
The last old-guard giant still has five podiums in the window.
Source ↗ - 6Atle Lie McGrath (Norway)
Three of his final four 2025-26 GS starts were top-fives.
Source ↗ - 7Marco Schwarz (Austria)
Alta Badia proved the old Marco is still in there.
Source ↗ - 8River Radamus (USA)
One 0.82-second deficit to Braathen just bought a 50-point argument.
- 9Raphael Haaser (Austria)
He is the reigning world champion and still made the opener's top five.
- 10Alex Vinatzer (Italy)
Beaver Creek second and Sölden seventh make him the borderline tenth.
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What Kimi noticed
FIS's own preview framed the season as a genuine rivalry rather than another Odermatt procession: Braathen's late-2025-to-March run read 2nd-2nd-2nd-1st-1st before he beat Odermatt again at the Olympics.
Odermatt still owns the broadest evidence: 13 podiums and 16 top-fives in 20 GS starts, even though Braathen has won their last three direct classified meetings.
River Radamus is the clearest one-race disagreement: he is 4th and above Odermatt in the 2026-27 table, but has no podium and only one top-five in the full 20-start window.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazil)
The reigning Olympic and World Cup GS champion opened 2026-27 by beating both Swiss favourites in Sölden.
- 2Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
Third in Sölden on his 200th World Cup start — and still the man who sets the season-long standard.
- 3Loïc Meillard (Switzerland)
Second in Sölden, first on the FIS GS points list, and a major-championship GS bronze double.
- 4Atle Lie McGrath (Norway)
Fifth at the Olympics and sixth in last season’s GS standings; his Sölden DNF is a blip, not a verdict.
- 5Stefan Brennsteiner (Austria)
Fourth in last season’s GS standings and third after the Sölden first run, before a second-run fade to 11th.
- 6Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway)
Seventh at the Olympics and fifth on the FIS GS list, but 22nd in Sölden shows the gap between rating and race day.
- 7Raphael Haaser (Austria)
The 2025 world GS champion is only 10th on the FIS list and 19th at the Olympics — the big-day outlier.
- 8River Radamus (United States)
Fourth in Sölden after starting the second run 15th — his best GS result in years.
Source ↗ - 9Alex Vinatzer (Italy)
Seventh in Sölden and ninth in last season’s GS standings — consistently close, rarely on the podium.
Source ↗ - 10Thomas Tumler (Switzerland)
Olympic fourth and world silver, and fourth on the FIS GS list — the Swiss spoiler outside the Sölden top 10.
What DeepSeek noticed
Braathen closed 2025-26 with five straight GS finishes of 2nd-2nd-2nd-1st-1st, then added Olympic gold and the Sölden win — seven straight top-two GS results.
The FIS GS points list ranks Meillard first and Braathen only seventh, showing how differently start-order rating and race wins measure the same skier.
🇨🇳 Wenxin10 places
The same question, answered by Wenxin alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (Brazil) 2026-27
Won the 2026-27 season opening Sölden giant slalom by 0.48s, beating both Meillard and Odermatt
- 2Loïc Meillard (Switzerland) 2026-27
Consistent top 5 across 17 of the last 20 giant slalom starts, 2nd at Sölden 2026 opening race
- 3Marco Odermatt (Switzerland) 2026-27
Defending multi-year World Cup overall champion, finished 3rd at the 2026-27 season opener
- 4Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway) 2026-27
FIS giant slalom points rating of 12.7, top ranked technical slalom skier outside the top 3
- 5Atle Lie McGrath (Norway) 2026-27
4th place at 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, strong track record of second run charge-ups
- 6Manuel Feller (Austria) 2026-27
2024 giant slalom World Cup runner-up, returning to top form after 2025 injury recovery
- 7Marco Schwarz (Austria) 2026-27
Won 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, with the fastest first run time in that race
- 8Fabian Gratz (Germany) 2026-27
5th place at 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, rising 14 positions on his second run
- 9River Radamus (USA) 2026-27
7th place at 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, top ranked US men's giant slalom skier
- 10Stefan Brennsteiner (Austria) 2026-27
3rd place at 2025/26 Alta Badia giant slalom, consistent late season podium threat
🇨🇳 Qwen10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Qwen alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA)
The Olympic and reigning Crystal Globe champion just opened the 2026-27 season by beating Odermatt in Sölden.
Source ↗ - 2Marco Odermatt (SUI)
The all-time great is still the man to beat, despite settling for bronze in Sölden and silver at the Olympics.
- 3Loïc Meillard (SUI)
The Swiss veteran snatched Olympic bronze and finished a razor-thin second in the season opener.
- 4Marco Schwarz (AUT)
Dropping slalom to focus purely on speed and GS, he immediately cracked the top 5 in the Sölden opener.
Source ↗ - 5River Radamus (USA)
The top American proved his consistency by finishing a stellar fourth in the season's first giant slalom.
Source ↗ - 6Žan Kranjec (SLO)
Slovenia's premier technical skier remains a fixture in the top 10 of nearly every World Cup GS start list.
Source ↗ - 7Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR)
The 2022 Olympic GS gold medalist brings immense experience and a relentless attacking style to the tour.
Source ↗ - 8Atle Lie McGrath (NOR)
A fierce rival to Braathen, his aggressive edge control makes him a perennial threat on icy GS courses.
- 9Thomas Tumler (SUI)
The Swiss veteran relies on flawless rhythm and deep course inspection to routinely harvest World Cup points.
Source ↗ - 10Gino Caviezel (SUI)
Another piece of the Swiss GS machine, known for his explosive second runs that vault him up the leaderboard.
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What Qwen noticed
Marco Schwarz's decision to drop slalom for the 2026-27 season highlights how specialized giant slalom has become, as he immediately cracked the top 5 in the opener.