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Bernard vs Evans

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BernardWinner
86.5

Bernard wins: Peak, Statistics

Evans
86.3

Evans wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Alain Bernard
86.5

Bernard leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic 100 metres freestyle champion in 2008 and a world record holder.

1. Alain Bernard
86.5
2. Janet Evans
86.3

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. 🇺🇸 Janet Evans5 seasons played · career day 2,1902,511.2 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Alain Bernard5 seasons played · career day 1,825314 major golds
-87.5% vs Evans at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Bernard004599314650
🇺🇸 Evans0005052,006.244,041.24

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.

MetricBernardRetiredEvansRetired
Olympic gold medals2
World records set4
European titles4
Olympic medals45
Personal best in the 100 metres4,743
Olympic golds4
World Championship golds4
World records7
800 m freestyle record (s)499.24
US titles45
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7878
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bernard86.5
Evans86.3
The people
Bernard
Evans

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