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Moorhouse vs Acevedo

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MoorhouseWinner
79.5

Moorhouse wins: Dominance, Peak

Acevedo
79.5

Acevedo wins: Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Adrian Moorhouse
79.5

Moorhouse leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 m breaststroke champion in Seoul 1988 and a world record holder.

1. Adrian Moorhouse
79.5
2. Javier Acevedo
79.5

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index 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 · Form index per season
1. 🇬🇧 Adrian Moorhouse5 seasons played · career day 1,825378 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Javier Acevedo5 seasons played · career day 1,825332 major golds
-12.2% vs Moorhouse at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Moorhouse0060130378744
🇨🇦 Acevedo0050108332684

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.

MetricMoorhouseRetiredAcevedoActive
Olympic gold medals1
World records set3
European Championship golds4
Commonwealth Games golds3
Olympic Games contested3
Pan American medals2
Olympic appearances2
Canadian titles6
Commonwealth Games appearances1
National records set2
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%7878
Honours w20%7878
Statistics w15%7884

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GOAT Rank · the data
Moorhouse79.5
Acevedo79.5
The people
Moorhouse
Acevedo

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