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Calvi vs Vollmer

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CalviWinner
81.1

Calvi wins: Statistics

Vollmer
80.9

Vollmer wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Alessandro Calvi
81.1

Calvi leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World Championship relay medallist and European short-course champion.

1. Alessandro Calvi
81.1
2. Dana Vollmer
80.9

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. 🇮🇹 Alessandro Calvi5 seasons played · career day 1,825320 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Dana Vollmer5 seasons played · career day 3,28712 major golds
-96.2% vs Calvi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Calvi0050107320653
🇺🇸 Vollmer0000012

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.

MetricCalviRetiredVollmerRetired
World Championship medals1
European titles2
Italian titles10
Olympic appearances2
Relay finals6
Olympic golds5
Olympic medals7
World Championship golds8
World records2
100 m butterfly best (s)55.98
Pan Pacific golds6
Dominance w25%7676
Peak w20%8686
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8682

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GOAT Rank · the data
Calvi81.1
Vollmer80.9
The people
Calvi
Vollmer

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