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Atkinson vs Hackett

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AtkinsonWinner
86.4

Atkinson wins: Peak, Longevity

Hackett
86.2

Hackett wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇲 Alia Atkinson
86.4

Atkinson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. First Black woman to win a world swimming title, in the 2014 short-course 100 m breaststroke.

1. Alia Atkinson
86.4
2. Grant Hackett
86.2

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. 🇦🇺 Grant Hackett5 seasons played · career day 2,1914,409 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇲 Alia Atkinson5 seasons played · career day 2,55617 major golds
-99.6% vs Hackett at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇲 Atkinson0000828
🇦🇺 Hackett0008902,6557,037.56

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.

MetricAtkinsonRetiredHackettRetired
Short-course world titles5
World records32
Olympic Games appearances5
Short-course world medals11
Career span in years20
Olympic golds3
World Championship golds10
1500 m best (s)874.56
Olympic medals7
Unbeaten years at 1500 m10
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%9284
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
Atkinson86.4
Hackett86.2
The people
Atkinson
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